Founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has revealed that he is under immense pressure from political stakeholders urging him to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Speaking on Saturday at the inaugural edition of the Citadel School of Governance Dialogue Series titled “Nigeria at 65: Historical Reflections, Futuristic Projection” in Oregun, Lagos, Bakare confirmed that he has received repeated appeals from influential figures, including a former governor and a minister from the South-West, to align with the ADC.
“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 said.
He added that one of his younger political associates, who had held key positions in the All Progressives Congress (APC), also appealed to him to lend his influence to the ADC.
However, the cleric firmly dismissed the idea, stressing that he would not be part of any effort to undermine the party he helped build.
“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 declared.