After criticism, Tunde Bakare visits Tinubu in Lagos

The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, visited President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Lagos State.

Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga disclosed the visit via a post on his X account on Wednesday.

“Pastor Tunde Bakare visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos on Wednesday,” Onanuga captioned Tinubu’s picture with Bakare.

The visit comes barely a few weeks after Bakare said Nigeria is spiralling into tyranny and suffering from a brazen abuse of power under Tinubu.

Speaking during his state of the nation address marking the Easter celebrations, the cleric condemned the collapse of the legislature, which he called a “bastion of democracy” that is now failing under the president’s leadership.

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Bakare, who contested the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket against Tinubu in 2022, also frowned at the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by Tinubu, saying it was a clear example of what he described as a “theatre of the absurd”.

He slammed both the president’s actions and the National Assembly, which he accused of endorsing the measure.

According to Bakare, the National Assembly has become the “most spineless” in Nigeria’s history, allowing for Tinubu’s actions to go unchecked.

“Under your watch, Mr. President, the legislature has become a mere rubber stamp, endorsing every action you take without scrutiny,” Pastor Bakare said.

The Star