Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, has dismissed mounting pressure from political figures urging him to join the African Democratic Congress.
Speaking on Saturday during the inaugural edition of the Citadel School of Governance Dialogue Series, themed ‘Nigeria at 65: Historical Reflections, Futuristic Projection’, held in Oregun, Lagos, Bakare made it clear that he has no intention of aligning with the ADC, despite repeated overtures.
“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 disclosed.
He noted that one of his younger political allies—someone who previously held significant roles within the All Progressives Congress—also urged him to lend his influence to the ADC movement.
However, Bakare firmly declined, taking a subtle jab at the party’s obscurity and lack of relevance in his political radar. “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,” he said.
He further stressed his continued commitment to the APC, which he helped establish, warning against political disloyalty and instability in the South-West. “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 added.
