Clergyman and social critic, Tunde Bakare, has said there
would be no elections in the country until he lifts an
“injunction” he placed on it. He claimed to have predicted
the poll shift by demonstrating with a chair he placed on
the altar in his church during a previous worship service.
Bakare is the Senior Pastor, Latter Rain Assembly and one
time vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu
Buhari on the platform of the defunct Congress for
Progressive Change, CPC.
Speaking at his church’s Sunday service, at Ogba, in Lagos,
Bakare stated that the postponement has vindicated him
against vilification from those opposed to his earlier view
on the matter. In his sermon, titled “Sweet and Sour
Ministry Of The Prophet”, Bakare likened his prophesy to
that of biblical prophet Elijah, who declared that “there
would neither be dew nor rain except at my word”. Bakare
claimed that his statement on the shifting of the elections
and the inauguration of an interim national government
during the interregnum was divinely inspired. “There shall
be a performance of every word that proceedeth (sic) from
the mouth of God”, he stated. The gadfly pastor, then,
admonished the congregation on what should be their
disposition when reviled for their views.He deplored the
condemnations his earlier statement generated, saying “It
is a mark of immaturity to abuse another person for his
opinion”. Bakare said though he had been accused of
belonging to either the PDP or the APC, he declared he is
not a member of any.
“Did I speak to INEC or was I at the Council of States
meeting?; there was no telephone conversation between me
and (Attahiru) Jega or (Sambo) Dasuki, why then are you
attacking me for the postponement?”, he asked rhetorically.
Though he did not name anyone, Bakare mocked some
people he said have become depressed by the
postponement. “You are full of yourself, full of your
abracadabra, full of what you can do to make things
happen; what is my concern if you have spent money,” he
stated.
SOURCE: http://www.newsbreak.ng/2015/02/08/until-i-
say-otherwise-there-will-be-no-elections-tunde-bakare/
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