Pastor of Latter
Rain Assembly Tunde Bakare, last night, spoke fiercely against the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led government, asserting that he has failed.
In an interview on Channels TV,
Bakare said expectations of Nigerians had not been met by the Federal
Government and that he was particularly disappointed about the handling of
killings by herdsmen, particularly that of Benue State.
On whether
the rampaging herdsmen were foreigners, Bakare said he does not know but that
“they are human beings.”
Asked if he agreed with former
President Olusegun Obasanjo that Buhari should not seek re-election in 2019,
Bakare said it was the president’s constitutional right to seek elective
office.
“I’ve not joined any Third Force.
I’ve not been part of any force. At the right time, we will know what to do
because what I see now is what I can envision in the days to come, it’s that
this chicken that you see, they are about to eat, they are on intestine…
“Most of these people don’t really
care about the development of the government of our nation…They seek power for
self, not for service.
“This is why it hurts me deep, that such crisis will hit Benue state and the
leadership of the nation will not move there, go there. Rather, they invited
them to come to Abuja.
“The most painful to me was that an
American leader would not do that; the
British leader would not do that; who are the ones we are emulating. You are
not a king, you are a servant of the people and you are to know that you really
are serving the interest of your people.
“The Inspector General of Police
showed up and he said it’s communal clash…he even said that before he got
there! In a decent nation, he would have been fired by now,” he said.
On Buhari’s rumoured bid in 2019,
Bakare replied: “It’s his fundamental constitutional right to run or not to run
but whether it would now be accepted in the way it was accepted before…He came
as military Head of State, he has come as civilian president, Jesus himself is
only coming twice…”
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