Lagos pastor and founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has disclosed that the late Muhammadu Buhari did not authorise the invasion of the home of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.
Speaking in an interview on Television Continental’s programme, Beyond The Headlines, on Monday night, Bakare disclosed that he was angry with the former president for the raid on Igboho’s residence.
He said that before the incident, he refrained from publicly criticising Buhari because he enjoyed a close relationship with him and would often discuss with him.
However, when that raid happened, he said he publicly criticised it and declared during one of his ministrations in his church that he would never speak with Buhari again.
The cleric said Buhari then reached out to him to let him know he was not aware of the invasion.
According to him, Buhari explained some security agencies acted independently and attributed their actions to ‘orders from above”.
Responding to a question on Buhari’s handling of the economy, Bakare admitted that some of the policies introduced under Buhari’s government were ill-advised.
He pointed out, however, that it would not be right to blame the former president for the country’s economic woes.
He said the former president was not an expert on the economy, and that he appointed qualified people to handle the nation’s economy.
The outspoken cleric also condemned corruption within government agencies.
He singled out the case of the former Accountant-General of the Federation and the Pension Commission.
According to him, the Accountant-General ought to be in jail.
He said Buhari tried his best to tame corruption, but was up against some strong interests who found innovative ways of milking the system.
Same way he wasn’t aware that elewele, sorry, eweliefe was contesting for president, nor started a shoddy currency redesigning just to sabotage the electoral process, not aware that people were killed during endsars. Neither is he aware that his nephew and others became uncontrollable emperors under his watch and full protection of his office. What was he ever aware off?
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