Pastor
Tunde Bakare is well known for his no-holds- barred sermons at his
church, Latter rain assembly. Last Sunday, while bracing criticism of
the state of Nigerian politics his sermons spotlight turned on First
Lady Patience Jonathan.With a topic titled "Personal
Insecurity/Inferiority Aborts Your Destiny (Part 1)." The talk lampooned
Mrs. Jonathan's recent covetous behavior, describing her as suffering
from a psyche of characteristic inferiority. The activist pastor, who
was a vice presidential candidate to General Muhammad Buhari (ret.),
asserted that Mrs. Jonathan's background as a stark pauper caused her to
seek "aggressive compensation." He added that, because Nigeria's First
Lady was unsure of the reality of the provisions she currently enjoys,
she wants to secure her sudden opulence at all cost, even at the
detriment of public interest.
"Now I know why Jonathan's wife has
become Permanent Secretary; they are preparing her for the position of
the Prime Minister of Niger Delta Republic," quipped Mr. Bakare. He
condemned the desperation with which Mrs. Jonathan seeks to be the head
of all Africa's First Ladies, a permanent secretary in Bayelsa State, as
well as her possible greed for political power in a prospective Niger
Delta Republic.
Mr. Bakare stated, "In the time of Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Ahmadu Bello, they annexed
their
resources to the development of their regions and there were serious
competitions in each region, which in turn contributed to the federal
purse. Now, it is the turn of Otuoke people, and they are declaring
autonomy."
Mr. Bakare prayed that any agenda set to balkanize the
nation would fail. "We are not saying that people should not control the
resources in their own regions, but they had benefited from the
largesse of our unity in the past. Now, they cannot divorce when they
have their own child." He added, "It is not true that Nigeria was formed
by Lord Lugard, no. The Bible says in Acts 14 that God predetermines
the boundaries of all nations. He only used the hands of those in the
Western world (to form Nigeria)."
The pastor's sermon suggested
that President Goodluck Jonathan's gluttony for power and the First
Lady's actions portrayed a couple bent on executive misadventures.
"Within
ten years from when he was working among the marine animals, [Mr.
Jonathan] was appointed to become deputy governor, and then became
acting governor. Without even thinking about it, he was appointed as
vice presidential candidate and, by doctrine of necessity, he became
acting president. Before he could study how to act, God factor made him
President. Now, he has not even performed in 2011/2012, he is planning
for 2015. His middle name is Jeroboam!" said Mr. Bakare.
In a
series of declamations, Mr. Bakare asserted, "When the shoeless takes
over, he does clueless things. When such men of low estate find
themselves in power, terrible things begin to happen." He added, "It is
the timidity of the inferior that prods them to cover up. Deep rivers
flow in majestic silence."
In his Sunday sermon, Pastor Bakare
narrated a reported encounter between Mr. Jonathan and Cardinal Anthony
Olubunmi Okogie during a visit by the former prior to the 2011
elections. Bakare related that Mr. Jonathan had requested that the
Catholic prelate pray for him to win the 2011 election. In response, the
latter reportedly prophesied, "You will win, but you will not rule."
He also stated that the prophecy had been realized since Mrs. Jonathan and members of a cabal had overshadowed the president.
(Culled from Naija Observer)
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