Nigerian Pastor, Tunde Bakare, has disclosed details of his meetings with former President Goodluck Jonathan, and what he benefitted from the former leader while he was in office.
Mr. Bakare, a former running-mate of President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2011, said he wrote four -point letter to Mr. Jonathan, calling his attention to the level of impunity in his administration.
Giving details of what he benefitted from the immediate past president, Mr. Bakare said, “Let everyone declare what he has received. I can tell you what I received. I took two people there one day and he invited us to dinner. I had a bad sore throat that day, so I took a pass regarding the dinner.
“Another day, I took a couple there and I took a cup of tea. I told you about the $50,000 which I refused, but that was Orubebe. He sent me a cow at Christmas – which I gave the staff to kill – and a hamper through our pastor in Abuja, but I told him to keep it.”
Mr. Bakare stated this in an interview with an Abuja-based magazine, THE INTERVIEW.
The pastor revealed that at a point, the former president offered to give him “something”, which he refused and opted for simply a pen.
“Finally, when the opportunity came and he (Jonathan) said, ‘I will like to give you something’. I [then] said ‘I like pens: so if you must give me anything, let it be a pen, so that I can show it to my people and say ‘the president gave me a pen,’” he disclosed.
He said one day, after a meeting with Mr. Jonathan, a former minister in charge of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, rushed to offer him $50,000 for “transport”, an offer the pastor said he turned down.
“When we were leaving, Orubebe ran after me and offered me $50,000 for my transport. I said, ‘Haba, take your money, I am not for sale’. We said goodbye to him and the rest is history,” Mr. Bakare said.
Giving details of his meeting with the former president, Mr. Bakare said, “When he (Jonathan) became president, I said to him, ‘the things we marched and protested against, you are now perpetrating them – the same impunity’”.
“I gave him four points in writing. Before we left Lagos, I gave a copy to Pastor Adeboye and another to General Alani Akinrinade. I said, ‘we are going to say goodbye to this man’ because if a man cannot keep his own side of the bargain, because if you got here by the grace of God and not because of any pedigree and, within 10 years, had become the president of Nigeria.
“God has brought you into the kingdom for such a time as this, so you cannot begin to commit the same impunity,” he said.
Mr. Bakare said in another meeting with the former president, he (Jonathan) told him that he needed someone to tell him the truth.
“He reached out to me later and said, ‘look, let’s put that behind us; Nigeria’s situation is critical.’”
“Before I went, I called General Buhari and said ‘this man invited me, I don’t know what for.’ When I got there, he said he needed someone who could tell him the truth always. I said, ‘if that is what you want, you have me at your side,’” he said.
Mr. Bakare therefore challenged religious leaders to declare what Mr. Jonathan gave him, saying the clergy did not tell the former president the truth because they benefitted from him.
“However, you see, Christian leaders benefitted tremendously from his administration in terms of licences and waivers. The thing is, when you allow those in power to get you into any compromise, speaking to them will be very difficult.
“I don’t know if any of those allegations were true, but I have seen enough to begin to think that they were not able to use our overwhelming influence. If you have benefitted from evil, you cannot talk about it, nor criticize it. Let everyone declare what he has received,” Mr. Bakare said in the magazine interview. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 12-09-2015 06:18 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
DJSNIPPER at 12-09-2015 09:02 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Machealex on 12-09-2015 08:27 AM
GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH
baka is a just crook in cassock who can never be the reference point for any man of God who genuinely want to serve the masses. Serving people is also part of serving God!
Posted: at 12-09-2015 09:02 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Amibomatc at 12-09-2015 11:30 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Basket mouths. Betrayers. These are all the hypocrites coming from a particular part of the Niger. One day your generations to come will rise agaist you for your cowardice dids to them.
Posted: at 12-09-2015 11:30 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
innocentbola at 12-09-2015 11:54 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Amibomatc on 12-09-2015 11:30 AM
Basket mouths. Betrayers. These are all the hypocrites coming from a particular part of the Niger. One day your generations to come will rise agaist you for your cowardice dids to them.
Well lets just pray foe the betterment of our country...
Posted: at 12-09-2015 11:54 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
innocentbola at 12-09-2015 12:35 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Machealex on 12-09-2015 08:27 AM
GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH
Yes only God knows the truth, but what he said is like an open challenge to GEJ so if he is lying am sure GEJ will come out and clear the air if truly he gave him something...
Posted: at 12-09-2015 12:35 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
innocentbola at 12-09-2015 12:39 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: DJSNIPPER on 12-09-2015 08:53 AM
Why do I smell something fishy in this Bakare stunt?
Don't know if am right but i think the man is telling the truth, GEJ is alive and kicking so am sure if at all any of these are not true he GEJ would've reacted. But so far no word from him about this particular interview about him, so i will say Bakare is telling the truth... Note: THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, NOT A FACT...
Posted: at 12-09-2015 12:39 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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