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I Thought Buhari Was A Religious Fundamentalist Until We Became Close – Tunde Bakare

Ojimaojo Abubakar by Ojimaojo Abubakar
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The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, says the late former President Muhammadu Buhari was far from being a religious fundamentalist, contrary to accusations.

Bakare, who was Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 presidential election, said he only began to see the former Nigerian leader, who died in London on Sunday, differently when he got closer to him.

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“I thought he was a religious fundamentalist until I came close,” Bakare said on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.

The former presidential aspirant narrated an encounter which changed his perception of the former dictator.

“After the flag off of our campaign in Kaduna, we rode in the same car, we got home to his place and he staggered, the next word he spoke, God is my witness, was ‘Jesus Christ of Nazareth’.

“And I said, ‘General, what is that?’ He said, ‘You do not have the monopoly of Jesus Christ, I’m thanking God’. He just said that, and then I found out that his bodyguards were all Christians. Not only that, his driver of 10 years asked me to pray with him and I said, ‘I don’t pray Islamic prayers, and he said, ‘I’m a Christian, sir

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Ojimaojo Abubakar

Ojimaojo Abubakar

Abubakar Ojimaojo is a graduate of Mass Communication, political and football analyst currently work at elanzanews.ng as Editor. He pride himself as skilled wordsmith with a passion for delving into contemporary political issues on both national and international scale.

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