Lead pastor of Citadel Global Community Church (formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly) Tunde Bakare has picked the presidential nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Bakare picked the forms which cost N100 million on Thursday at the party’s secretariat in Abuja.
The Ogun State indigene was President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in 2011 when the latter ran unsuccessfully in that year’s presidential poll.
In a letter, Bakare said he would be officially declaring his presidential bid on May 9.
The letter read, “Having been privileged to serve Nigeria in various nation building capacities, I intend to take a step further in the service of our beloved country and of you, her worthy citizens, by running for the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is with utmost humility, therefore, that I write to formally inform you distinguished citizens of our nation, elder statesmen and stateswomen, political leaders, traditional leaders, overseers of religious establishments, members of civil society, policy makers, students, public servants from the national and sub-national levels of government, stakeholders from the private sector, the intelligentsia, opinion moulders, thought leaders from various institutions of knowledge, and every Nigerian, home and abroad – of my intention to contest.”
Listing how he has been actively involved in the political space, Bakare mentioned his role in founding the APC, and also as the convener of Save Nigeria Group (SNG) among others.
“As I offer myself to serve you and to work with you towards the peace, progress and prosperity of Nigeria, as well as the realisation of the enormous possibilities of a great nation in this decade, it would be a great privilege to welcome you as my special guest on the occasion of the formal declaration of intent,” he added.
