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“To Bankrupt Nigeria” Sermon: Police Looking For Pastor Bakare
Posted: June 28, 2012 - 15:42
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caption: Pastor Tunde Bakare
By SaharaReporters, New York
The State Intelligence Bureau of the Nigeria Police was expected to question Tunde Bakare, a fiery Lagos pastor and political activist, this morning.

This followed an invitation letter, seen by SaharaReporters, which was sent to Pastor Bakare's church address on June 26.

Signed by CSP Usman Ayuba, the "invitation" followed an explosive sermon delivered by Pastor Bakare, who is also a top member of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG), on Sunday June 17. In it, he described President Goodluck Jonathan’s destiny as being “to bankrupt Nigeria," amongst other issues, in relation to the $6.8 billion oil subsidy scam.

A few days after the sermon was given, and following another press conference by the SNG in Lagos in which Pastor Bakare commented on the culpability of Mr. Otedola in the bribery scandal rocking the House of Representatives, Mr. Otedola’s lawyers fired a letter demanding retraction of the comments.

Pastor Bakare, according to his aides, is currently traveling outside Nigeria. It is unclear if the police plan to snatch him at the airport upon his return.

The pastor’s critical SNG has had the government in an uncomfortable stare-down before. In December 2010, the group visited President Jonathan in Abuja in connection with its advocacy of certain national policies.

On its way out of the presidential villa, the group was handed a $50,000 bribe, which it refused. The embarrassed government explained that the money was not a bribe, but “transport fare.”
Pastor Bakare subsequently ran for vice-president on the ticket of the Congress for Progressive Change. As pastor or political activist, he has always strongly criticized anti-people policies.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/news-page/%E2%80%9C-bankrupt-nigeria%E2%80%9D-sermon-police-looking-pastor-bakare

Mandelaguy: This man that calls himself a pastor is a warmonger. Is inciting people part of his calling? Let him learn from Oyedepo,Adeboye,Kumuyi and co.

Mandelaguy: This man that calls himself a pastor is a warmonger. Is inciting people part of his calling? Let him learn from Oyedepo,Adeboye,Kumuyi and co.

oyb: these newly minted gej noisemakers must be some of the new jobs aganaga was blathering about

if you can't make a coherent argument - spam with noise

Super1759: Who made this man pastor self..instead of him praying for one nigeria he is scattering us.nawa oo

oyb: these newly minted gej noisemakers must be some of the new jobs aganaga was blathering about

if you can't make a coherent argument - spam with noise

dedeike: which argument hve you made apart from chasing shadows and leaving the real issues? If Pastor Bakare were to be your pastor, would you be confident to entrust him with the task of meeting your spiritual needs in the light of his recent unguarded utterances. Can you confidently meet Bakare as your pastor to pray over any spiritual challenge that you hve? This man keeps loosing it and you guys keep pushing him on with your folly

@dedeike: See as you just exposed yourself! Did oyb direct his comments at you?

@oyb: I tire - Apart from Beaf and a handful of predictable gladiators on NL, the Forum has been a spike of new registrants who are bleeding GEJ! It is unbelievable.

When a cluless govt talks about job creation, we now know what they mean!

@OP: Bakare will turn the Police questioners into mince meat - Ask Akilu and IBB's boys.

crusifis: this is what men of God are meant to do, from d days of Elijah, Jeremiah, john the baptist etc, men of God always say the truth, stand by the truth and get prosecuted for the truth. no be all dis nonsense so called men of God wey dey buy private jet up and down