Leader
of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, last night, spoke fiercely
against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, asserting that he has
failed.
In an interview on AIT and monitored by
DAILY POST, 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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