General Overseer of the Latter
Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has given reasons he filed out as Muhammadu
Buhari’s running mate under the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC.
He made the revelation during his
Independence Day speech at the headquarters of his church in Lagos.
In a very long speech, the vocal
preacher said he accepted to run with Buhari because of his (Buhari’s) views on
restructuring of the country, which according to him, was positive.
He also said it was for this
reason, Buhari received support from well meaning Nigerians to be Nigeria’s
president.
He said, “As part of a series of
dialogues, in a bid to seek the best of the North and the best of the South as
an alternative to the then incumbent administration, we also engaged the major
candidates ahead of the 2011 elections in search of commitment to the
restructuring of the nation, among other desirables.
“General Muhammadu Buhari stood
out among the available contenders and, on October 10, 2010, we expressed our
conviction that he was best suited to lead.
“On January 15, 2011, I was
invited by General Buhari to be his running mate and I initially declined
because I had engaged the polity not with the intention to contest elections
but to midwife genuine national rebirth.
“My eventual acceptance was
contingent on the mutual understanding that the restructuring of Nigeria would
be top on the agenda.
“This was reflected prominently
in the manifesto of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in which we
promised the initiation of ‘action to amend our Constitution with a view to
devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states and local governments
in order to entrench Federalism and the Federal spirit[3].’
“This provision subsequently made
its way into the APC manifesto.”
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