Nigerian Pastor, Tunde Bakare, has disclosed details of his meetings with former President Goodluck Jonathan, and what he benefitted from the former leader while he was in office.

Mr. Bakare, a former running-mate of President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2011, said he wrote four -point letter to Mr. Jonathan, calling his attention to the level of impunity in his administration.

Giving details of what he benefitted from the immediate past president, Mr. Bakare said, “Let everyone declare what he has received. I can tell you what I received. I took two people there one day and he invited us to dinner. I had a bad sore throat that day, so I took a pass regarding the dinner.
“Another day, I took a couple there and I took a cup of tea. I told you about the $50,000 which I refused, but that was Orubebe. He sent me a cow at Christmas – which I gave the staff to kill – and a hamper through our pastor in Abuja, but I told him to keep it.”

Mr. Bakare stated this in an interview with an Abuja-based magazine, THE INTERVIEW.

The pastor revealed that at a point, the former president offered to give him “something”, which he refused and opted for simply a pen.

“Finally, when the opportunity came and he (Jonathan) said, ‘I will like to give you something’. I [then] said ‘I like pens: so if you must give me anything, let it be a pen, so that I can show it to my people and say ‘the president gave me a pen,’” he disclosed.

He said one day, after a meeting with Mr. Jonathan, a former minister in charge of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, rushed to offer him $50,000 for “transport”, an offer the pastor said he turned down.
“When we were leaving, Orubebe ran after me and offered me $50,000 for my transport. I said, ‘Haba, take your money, I am not for sale’. We said goodbye to him and the rest is history,” Mr. Bakare said.

Giving details of his meeting with the former president, Mr. Bakare said, “When he (Jonathan) became president, I said to him, ‘the things we marched and protested against, you are now perpetrating them – the same impunity’”.

“I gave him four points in writing. Before we left Lagos, I gave a copy to Pastor Adeboye and another to General Alani Akinrinade. I said, ‘we are going to say goodbye to this man’ because if a man cannot keep his own side of the bargain, because if you got here by the grace of God and not because of any pedigree and, within 10 years, had become the president of Nigeria.

“God has brought you into the kingdom for such a time as this, so you cannot begin to commit the same impunity,” he said.

Mr. Bakare said in another meeting with the former president, he (Jonathan) told him that he needed someone to tell him the truth.

“He reached out to me later and said, ‘look, let’s put that behind us; Nigeria’s situation is critical.’”
“Before I went, I called General Buhari and said ‘this man invited me, I don’t know what for.’ When I got there, he said he needed someone who could tell him the truth always. I said, ‘if that is what you want, you have me at your side,’” he said.


Mr. Bakare therefore challenged religious leaders to declare what Mr. Jonathan gave him, saying the clergy did not tell the former president the truth because they benefitted from him.

“However, you see, Christian leaders benefitted tremendously from his administration in terms of licences and waivers. The thing is, when you allow those in power to get you into any compromise, speaking to them will be very difficult.

“I don’t know if any of those allegations were true, but I have seen enough to begin to think that they were not able to use our overwhelming influence. If you have benefitted from evil, you cannot talk about it, nor criticize it. Let everyone declare what he has received,” Mr. Bakare said in the magazine interview.



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Well, my respect for Bakare knows no bounds. A man of high esteem!


I wish it were that 'bling-bling' Warri Pastor, I would have given him a piece of my mind.

Confession time on point. Oya, let the Hell gate keeper and bling bling pastors tell us what they benefited from the Most corrupt leader on earth.

If I can't be precise on Buhari ministerial nominees, I am sure of pastor tunde bakare

I thought orubebe was an elder. Was he a church elder or a council of chiefs elder?

well said anyway....


hope u didn't collect money from some other people sha




but if I were to be him I won't reject I wud rather use d money wisely



maybe for missionary or the needy

I only knows it's between me and my maker

It's ok

I should read that?

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:
I thought orubebe was an elder. Was he a church elder or a council of chiefs elder?

No, a street fighter

Ftc. Dedicated to Seun Osewa.

So?

I lost my respect for Bakare long ago...



And for those of you christians who are always quick to condemn Pastor ORITSEJAFOR...




All I can say is that you do not know what you are doing.

No wonder Orubebe squalled like a wounded dog when jega announced results. $50k transport. Was it a space expedition?

[size=15pt]Did he offer you alcohol?[/size]

Jonathan

Elder in corruption affair.

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:
I thought orubebe was an elder. Was he a church elder or a council of chiefs elder?

Orubebeism, no wonder he wan die there that day wen dem dey announce election results

Hmmmm, wat a revelation. Though most religious leaders sold their conscience for money. I respect those that called a spade a spade.

OK, am waiting for ministerial list based on this revelation

Everyone knows that Jonathan's regime was corruption PERSONIFIED!

He wants to hear the truth

But, those that did said the truth..... He never listen to them


He think he can buy the Man of God,
He thinks everyone has a monetary price like the bling bling pastor and the rest




So, $50,000 is now transport fare
A case of corrupt personified

Incase

Wait $50,000 for transport?

How wont the Naira crash when even the government turned $ into the legal tender?

This is beyond crazy

who cares pastor.a pro-almajiri pastor cant say somtin beter.Attention seekin pastor who didnt get the needed attention.

$50,000 dollars just for transportation! I'm sure if that money was offered to Ayo Oritsejafor he would have collected it without so much as blinking an eye lid.

Its such a pity that many of our so called religious leaders have been compromised with money!.

No wonder Orubebe felt the defeat morethan GEJ himself.. smh.. 50,000 dollars for "Tfare" ah! That money can change my entire destiny.

Thank God for Nigerians

Orubebe name will not be forgotten so easily.

OVI75:
who cares pastor.a pro-almajiri pastor cant say somtin beter.Attention seekin pastor who didnt get the needed attention.

tell your pastor to come out openly and make such statement. I dare you.