Bakare: I’ll Defeat Atiku

Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has expressed satisfaction with the screening process.

Bakare, APC presidential hopeful added that he was confident of defeating former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, if he was given the ticket.

He, however, described the presidential candidate of the PDP, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, as a worthy candidate.Asked about the exercise, he said, “The screening exercise went very well. Appropriate questions were asked about how we are going to fix the challenges facing our nation and appropriate answers were given to them.“By God’s grace, we are pleased that we had something to offer this nation. In this critical moment in our history, nobody can say I have all the solutions. But we did say to them that we will assemble the best, brightest and fittest from within the country, north and south, and from outside of the country, those in the diaspora.“The time has come for us to raise the foundation of many generations, to restore our path and ensure that our nation becomes great again.”Meanwhile, just like the opposition PDP, the APC presidential aspirants frown at the request of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency to administer drug tests on aspirants.Aspirants said that there was no mention of a drug test by the party.It was learnt that the Oyegun-led committee would submit its report to the national chairman who would in turn forward it to President Buhari for action.Kano APC member petitions panel, demands Tinubu’s disqualificationMeanwhile, a member of the APC in Kano State, Sagir Mai Iyali, has written a petition against Tinubu seeking his disqualification by the Oyegun-led committee.Iyali in a letter dated May 17, 2022, demanded the disqualification over the former governor’s “questionable educational qualifications”.He also claimed that Tinubu allegedly submitted false documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission in 1998.Iyali said although Tinubu is above the required age to contest the office of president, his age is not known, adding that obscurity surrounding the presidential hopeful could jeopardise the party’s chances at the polls.It reads in part, “We understand that Bola Tinubu who has since procured his expression of interest and nomination forms and has submitted the same to the party has certain issues that clearly amount to a similar disqualification scenario.“From the information contained in prior submissions to INEC particularly in 1999, Mr. Tinubu presented a false claim, on oath, of his attendance at University of Chicago from 1972-1976.“It is clear now that these claims are false. Not only was this filed in the INEC form with a declaration on oath on December 20 1999, it was also contained in an affidavit of loss sworn to before the High Court of Lagos, Ikeja Registry, December 29, 1998.”The petition Tinubu has to show proof he attended University of Chicago or he must stand disqualified as the opposition is in possession of his questionable credentials.“Over the years, the identity of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been shrouded in secrecy. In fact, no one can claim to know the identity of the man. Repeated efforts and demands by the general populace and the media to unravel the identity of Asiwaju Tinubu have all proved abortive and unsuccessful,” he wrote.In his response, Tinubu’s Media Aide, Tunde Ramon, at 9.30pm on Monday said a statement would be issued soon. But as of 10.50pm, he had yet to send the statement.Additional report from Akelicious.net