Popular clergy and founder of Citadel Global Community Church, Dr Tunde Bakare, has revealed that he is under immense pressure to join the opposition African Democratic Congress, (ADC).
The man of God turned politician who made the disclosure while speaking at the maiden edition of the Citadel School of Governance Dialogue Series in Lagos on Saturday, said some political stakeholders in the country have been putting pressure on him to join the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
According to Bakare who was a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023, several political figures, including a former governor and minister from the South-West, had urged him to align with the ADC, but he however, ruled out the possibility of joining the party.
“There has been a lot of pressure on me from who is who to join ADC. They come to my home. Even while I was abroad, the hierarchy of that party kept calling, saying they needed my voice,” Bakare stated.
Continuing, Pastor Bakare said:
“I am not going to take part in ADC. The last time I knew about ADC was about a plane that crashed.
“I wish them well, because we need a robust opposition. But you don’t birth a child called APC and then try to kill it yourself. We are not going to have another Awolowo–Akintola crisis in the South-West,” he said.
The clergy also took out time to eulogize President Bola Tinubu, saying his emergence as Nigeria’s leader was backed by divine providence.
“If God wants to remove ‘emilokan,’ He knows how to do it. You can’t get the kind of thing Tinubu has brought without God’s support,” he added.
