The founder of Citadel Global Community Church, Dr. Tunde Bakare, has revealed that he is facing mounting pressure from political stakeholders to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Bakare made the disclosure on Saturday during the maiden edition of the Citadel School of Governance Dialogue Series, themed “Nigeria at 65: Historical Reflections, Futuristic Projection”, held in Oregun, Lagos.
He said prominent political figures, including a former governor and a minister from the South-West, had approached him to align with the ADC. “There has been a lot of pressure on me from who is who to join ADC. They come to my home. Even while I was abroad, the hierarchy of that party kept calling, saying they needed my voice,” Bakare noted.
He added that one of his younger associates in politics, who rose to prominence through the All Progressives Congress (APC), also urged him to lend his influence to the ADC.
Despite the appeals, Bakare firmly ruled out the possibility of joining the party. “I am not going to take part in ADC. The last time I knew about ADC was about a plane that crashed. I wish them well, because we need a robust opposition. But you don’t birth a child called APC and then try to kill it yourself. We are not going to have another Awolowo–Akintola crisis in the South-West,” he said.
Bakare, a former presidential aspirant, stressed that while he welcomed the idea of a strong opposition, his political future would not be tied to the ADC.
