The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and vice-presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 general election, Pastor Tunde Bakare, seems to have stirred the hornet's nest with his endorsement of the second term ambition of Governor Olusegun Mimiko.
Bakare had said on Sunday in Lagos that Mimiko would win by a landslide victory in the October 20 governorship election in the state.
But the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the cleric was only expressing his wish which ignored the strong desire of the people of the state for change.
Reacting through its Deputy Director of Publicity, Rotimi Ogunleye, the Olusola Oke Campaign Organisation (OOCO) described Bakare as a bad representative of the Christendom, who has soiled his garment with politics.
Ogunleye questioned the basis of Bakare's prediction that the victory of Mimiko would usher in a new wave of leadership in the South-West, when the people of Ondo State had not achieved any iota of real development in the last three and half years of his government.
He said: "Pastor Bakare was merely expressing his wish which will have no effecton the October 20 governorship election. He has displayed his lack of understanding of the mood of the people of the state who are yawning for change. I would like him to cometo the state and speak with the people who have been in the grip of excruciating pains inthe last three and half years."
The Akeredolu Campaign Organisation (ACO) had earlier reacted, saying the cleric was known for being on the losing side.
The Director of Media and Publicity of ACO, Idowu Ajanaku, described Bakare as a derailed and confused person, saying he is a deadwood politician whose pastoral calling has been muddled up with partisan politics."