by Isi Esene
Pastor Tunbe Bakare has reacted to statements describing former FCT Minister, Nasir el-Rufai as a religious bigot saying this is not so.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had warned the former minister to be watchful of his comments as regards the Christian faith.
It accused el-Rufai of trying to whip-up sentiments around religion for a selfish agenda.
Bakare, the pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group reportedly responded to these statements in his church today while preaching the sermon titled, ”The head that refuses a life-giving rebuke will be thrown down the cliff of perdition.”
According to the fiery pastor, El Rufai cannot be classified as a religious bigot by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) since the former minister has worshiped many times at his church.
The pastor went on to speak about the rot in the Nigerian justice system saying the country is “hellish to poor thieves but magnanimous to rich ones.
“The Nigerian judiciary is fast moving from being the last hope of the common man to becoming the last refugee of crooks,” he added.
Nasir el-Rufai was recently at the receiving end of attack by several public commentators including the CAN who saw his comment on a joke by one Bukola Ogunyemi on Twitter referencing Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene as being disrespectful to the Christian faith.
The former FCT minister, however, tendered an unreserved apology to those who genuinely expressed reservations over the said tweet.
“I hope those in this class will see my point of view and accept my apologies for any offense or disappointment caused,” he stated.
Is Bakare a Pastor or a dark horse in the religion?i think he should concentrate on loosing elections as a 2nd fidel or graduate to a 1st class looser like Okotie,by the way “like attracts like”
@Shackle, please unshackle your mind from the mindset of Nigeria’s ruling class who respond to issues with tantrums… You just wasted precious space to enrich the discourse and respond to the fact that someone described as a religious bigot actually takes time to associate with members of the opposing faith… This is also a man who, though a muslim, demolished more mosques/muslim prayer grounds than churches during his stint as FCT Minister… that is not in sync with what we know of religious bigots (that is if we really understand what it means to be a religious bigot)