Pastor Bakare Reacts To Heading Buhari's Transition Team
Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Later Rain Assembly has denied any knowledge of an appointment by the president-elect General Buhari, to head the transition committee.
Reports had gone viral yesterday, that Buhari had appointed Pastor Bakare to chair the transition committee.
Speaking to Daily Trust through his spokesperson, Mr Yinka Odumakin denied the transition committee appointment.
He said: “This is news to Pastor Bakare also. He read it in This Day Newspaper as others did this morning.”
He attributed the report to mischief makers saying, “mischief makers are at work as usual.”
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Buhari campaign office, Malam Garba Shehu also denied the report, saying he wasn’t aware of Bakare’s appointment
In an interview in Daura, Buhari had said the transition committee when put in place would comprise of patriotic and knowledgeable Nigerians and will have more technocrats than politicians.
Bakare was Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 presidential election under the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) but they lost to the President Goodluck Jonathan.
Some weeks before the presidential election, the cleric had described Buhari as a man of integrity who he has a high level of respect for.
After Buhari emerged winner of the election, he warned him against employing people with doubtful character in his administration.
Reports had gone viral yesterday, that Buhari had appointed Pastor Bakare to chair the transition committee.
Speaking to Daily Trust through his spokesperson, Mr Yinka Odumakin denied the transition committee appointment.
He said: “This is news to Pastor Bakare also. He read it in This Day Newspaper as others did this morning.”
He attributed the report to mischief makers saying, “mischief makers are at work as usual.”
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Buhari campaign office, Malam Garba Shehu also denied the report, saying he wasn’t aware of Bakare’s appointment
In an interview in Daura, Buhari had said the transition committee when put in place would comprise of patriotic and knowledgeable Nigerians and will have more technocrats than politicians.
Bakare was Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 presidential election under the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) but they lost to the President Goodluck Jonathan.
Some weeks before the presidential election, the cleric had described Buhari as a man of integrity who he has a high level of respect for.
After Buhari emerged winner of the election, he warned him against employing people with doubtful character in his administration.
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