The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has
said a majority of those that constitute the power blocs in the country are
in support of All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Muhammad
Buhari.
He said this while speaking on the theme, ‘Nigeria beyond 2015′, at a public
lecture organised by Angola Hall of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State,
on Wednesday.
According to him, power blocs in any country influence and determine winners
during elections.
The Nigerian power blocs, he said, were peoples vote, council of state,
clerics, governors, traditional rulers, top entrepreneurs and retired
generals.
The cleric said, “Peoples vote determines electoral victory anywhere in the
world, the entrenched power blocs determine electoral victory more than
anything. There are six or seven political blocs entrenched in Nigeria. The
incumbent president and former head of states - council of state. From the
council of states, we have two candidates – one former head of state and one
incumbent president. There are six others that I want you to consider on
whose side they are.
“Traditional rulers, retired generals, who have tasted power, who can you say
clearly is the person they are supporting? The governors and let us consider
the corporate boys, who are the men of commerce. Where is Aliko Dangote,
Otedola,Tony Elumelu and others?
“Look at those who control the large constituents of people on Sunday. Tell
me who is Pastor Adeboye, Oyedepo, Oritsejafor backing? Those who influence voting
are doing so behind the scene and when the results come, we say ‘they have
cheated us’.
“Don't be deceived by what they say in the paper, a lot happens behind the
scene. I agree with you, I have said earlier that my loyalty lies with Buhari
and maybe because I am an insider, I know better than you.”
If Buhari emerges victorious, the pastor noted that 100 days would be too
much to hand over power to the APC candidate.
He said, “If we don't run it (Nigeria) properly, we will be running into a
major storm that can consume us. The February 2015 election further provides
the incubator for the hatching of the dreaded scenarios.
“Nigeria has a way of throwing up anti-climax. If Buhari wins, what will
happen between March and May. It is too long a time.”
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