Pastor tunde bakare the senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church has purchased the APC presidential Expression of interest and nomination forms, the forms pegged at the sum of a 100 million naira we're purchased today t the APC headquarters in Abuja.

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. He also released a statement saying.

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. "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 citizen, 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, policymakers, 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.
“Propelled by the desire to rebuild Nigeria into a nation that
works for every Nigerian, I have, in the past, engaged in the
political process as running mate to President Muhammadu
Buhari in the 2011 presidential elections under the Congress
for Progressive Change, and subsequently, as the founding
member of the All Progressives Congress who moved the
motion for the merger that produced the APC.
“I have also served as a leader in the civic space as the
Convener of Save Nigeria Group, a coalition of civil society
groups that facilitated the rightful recognition of President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, first as Acting President, and then
as substantive president, through a grassroots people
movement and high-level advocacy.
“In 2014, it was my privilege to be selected as a South-West
Delegate to the National Conference, where I proposed “The
Nigerian Charter for National Reconciliation and Integration”
that was unanimously adopted and incorporated into the final
report.
“Furthermore, I have been actively involved in awakening
collective citizen ownership through the pulpit as the founding
Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church,
formerly known as The Latter Rain Assembly.
“I have, in addition, contributed to engendering social, political
and economic shifts in Nigeria through propositional
platforms, including through such initiatives as the New
Nigeria Dialogues, the inaugural event of a think-tank I
founded in 2009. I have also provided pro bono advisory
services to government institutions through key policy inputs,
while fostering coalition-building across divides, in addition to
building thriving businesses in diverse sectors.
“I have remained committed to harnessing my local and
international networks, platforms and resources towards the
emergence of the New Nigeria.”