Founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has declared that he will not join the African Democratic Congress (ADC), predicting that the party will “crash like a plane crash.”
Speaking on recent political developments and the pressure mounted on him by top politicians, Bakare said several influential figures, including a former governor and a minister from the South-West, had approached him to align with the ADC, but he declined.
“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,” Bakare said.
He noted that his loyalty to the All Progressives Congress (APC) remains firm, stressing that those trying to destabilize the ruling party are acting against divine order.
“If God wants to remove ‘emilokan,’ He knows how to do it. You can’t get the kind of thing Tinubu has brought without God’s support,” he stated, referring to President Bola Tinubu’s political slogan.
Bakare also revealed that even while he was abroad, the ADC hierarchy kept calling and visiting his home, urging him to lend his voice to their movement.
“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,” he added.
The fiery cleric concluded by emphasizing that the South-West must remain united and avoid repeating the political rivalry that once divided the region’s leaders.
