Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that neither
him nor SNG marched for Jonathan. According to him, we marched for
constitutionality; for the constitution to be followed regardless of who that
action favours or doesn’t favour”, he stated.
Briefing newsmen in Lagos, Bakare said he
will not water down his position on state of the nation, as suggested by Lagos
State Director of State Security Services, SSS, during their last encounter. He
insisted that he was never arrested by the SSS.
He said he had nothing against President
Jonathan, as his position on current events in the country was informed by bad
governance, misappropriation and embezzlement of state funds.
He said: “Let me make it clear that SSS
operatives did not arrest or interrogate me for eight hours. The State Director
of SSS and his men treated me with respect and dignity. “If I am being
asked to tone down my message because of my perceived partisanship, those
asking me to do so have only succeeded in precipitating a tone up.
“The State Director himself had earlier
visited me here at the Latter Rain Assembly in November 2011, making the same
request that I tone down my message where politics is concerned, especially
with regard to the person of President Jonathan.”
On the recent arraignment of some
petroleum importers over subsidy funds, Bakare said: “Concerning all the
window-dressing, the shenanigans and the charade going on in respect of the
subsidy thieves, it is my opinion that the efforts of this government cannot
deliver justice, neither are they meant to.
“If you think my present stand is against
Jonathan’s person, then you goof. It is against bad governance,
misappropriation of state funds, embezzlement of public funds and spending
money like water without appropriation.
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