The Senior Pastor of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Ikeja, Lagos, Tunde Bakare, has threatened to sue bloggers and writers who attribute his name to spurious reports and stories.
The clergy in a reaction which made the rounds on social media said the statements attributed to him are not his and do not in any way represent his position.
Pastor Bakare, in the reports, was quoted to have
said that the agitations by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) were ploys by the opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to force a weak candidate on the All Progressives Congress (APC). In addition to this, he was alleged to have also said that CAN wanted to lure APC into presenting a weak candidate.
The writers also alleged that he said Christians were righteous people who behave like Christ, and that CAN are politicians who behave like the PDP. He was equally quoted as saying that Tinubu is my candidate for next year’s presidential election.
But reacting when contacted by Eighteen-Eleven Media, Pastor Bakare retorted: “Isn’t this the same Tinubu that I announced to all and sundry at the APC Presidential Convention that I was not stepping down for? He has suddenly become my candidate!
Speaking further, he said: “I wish to state, unequivocally, that the statements are absolute lies. There was nowhere I granted anyone any interview or preached on any platform, where I made these ludicrous statements. I challenge anyone who is in possession of the video or audio file of the statements to please put it in the public space.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I am a nation-builder who will not in any way create real or imaginary division among the people of our great country, through the medium of political parties or religion.
“I, therefore, use this medium to ask everyone to disregard the alleged statements. The statements are not mine and do not in any way represent my position. This is part of the lying propaganda of the mischievous ones seeking approval by deceit and at all costs. If the peddlers of this deliberate falsehood don’t desist from their highly condemnable acts, they will definitely have their day in court. Enough is enough”, he stressed.