Politics

Buhari And Bakare Meets Behind Closed Door In Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the general overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare at the Aso Villa.

The close door meeting occurred on Monday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Bakare declined to comment on the agenda of the meeting likewise the presidency also refused to reveal the agenda of the meeting.

It could be recalled that Bakare was once Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 presidential election.

It could also be recalled that the preacher had declared in September he would one day become Nigeria’s president, saying “to this end I was born.”

He made proclamation during a sermon, the video of which went viral on the internet.

He said: “Take it to the mountain top if you have never heard it before. I am saying it to you this morning, in the scheme of things, as far as the politics of Nigeria is concerned, President Buhari is number 15 and yours sincerely is number 16.

“I never said that to you before, I want to let you know it this morning; nothing can change it, in the name of Jesus. He (Buhari) is number 15; I am number 16.

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“To this end was I born and for this purpose came I into the world. I have prepared for this for 30 years. When he (Buhari) chose to run in 2019, he is still number 15, when he steps out, I step in.”

Robiu Musa

A season Journalist, philanthropist and founder, Concerned Nation Builders Initiative (CNI), an NGO.

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