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Tunde Bakare @ 70: Buhari Hails Him As A Gadfly, National Asset
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has joined family, friends, and the nation to celebrate Pastor Tunde Bakare on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
GWG.ng reports that Bakare was Buhari’s running mate in the unsuccessful presidential election in 2011 when they ran on the platform of the now defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC.
In a birthday congratulatory message to Pastor Tunde Bakare who is also the Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Buhari described the celebrator as a gadfly and a valuable asset to the nation.
He further described Dr. Bakare as a living legend who left a lucrative law practice to work as a pastor, a towering figure in nation building, and an embodiment of intellect, integrity, and courage.
“He is a man deeply committed to democratic values and principles of social justice, a man who is totally unafraid to speak up against injustice anywhere.
“I pray that God will give him the opportunity and the long life to see his vision of Nigeria where the poor and the marginalized are unfettered,” said the former president to Pastor Tunde Bakare on his birthday.
GWG.ng reports that their political union in 2011 was displaced in 2015 when another pastor, Prof Yemi Osinbajo ran with Buhari in that year’s presidential election.
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