General Overseer, Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has reminded that he still stands by his promise of succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in office.
The pastor added that even if he made this pledge about one year and seven months ago, his stance is yet to change.
He then said his presidential ambition has nothing to do with the alleged humiliation of Yemi Osinbajo by “the cabal” in the Presidency.
His words on being part of the cabal, “I heard all kinds of things on the Internet about joining the cabal. Those who pull down others to get up will never get up.”
Hmmm…Do you think the cleric’s ambition is realistic?
Tunde Bakare is a Nigerian Prophetic-Apostolic pastor. He was reportedly arrested in March 2002 after preaching sermons critical of then-president Olusegun Obasanjo. He was the running mate of the Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2011 Nigerian presidential election. He was formerly a pastor at the Deeper Life Bible Church before he left to join the Redeemed Christian Church of God which he soon left to form his own.
Bakare was described by The Guardian as being one of the most politically influencial pastors in Nigeria.
Bakare has said that he was born a Muslim, but converted to Christianity in 1974.
Bakare attended All Saints Primary School, Kemta, Abeokuta and subsequently Lisabi Grammar School, Abeokuta, after which he studied law at the University of Lagos between 1977 and 1980. He was called to the Bar in 1981 and following his NYSC, he practiced law with Gani Fawehinmi Chambers, Rotimi Williams & Co and Burke & Co, Solicitors. He established his own law firm Tunde Bakare & Co (El-Shaddai Chambers) in October 1984.
In May 1988, at the peak of his legal career he was called into ministry and he founded. The Latter Rain Assembly (End-Time Church) on 1 April 1989 and is currently the Serving Overseer of the church.
He presides over Global Apostolic Impact Network (GAIN) – a network of churches, ministries and kingdom businesses committed to advancing the Kingdom of God on earth. Dr. Bakare is also the President of Latter Rain Ministries, Inc. (Church Development Center) in Atlanta, GA, USA, a ministry committed to restoring today’s church to the scriptural pattern. He was given a Doctor of Ministry degree by the Indiana Christian University under the leadership of his mentor, Dr. Lester Sumrall in 1996.
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