Tough words from the fiery preacher/social crusader.
One-time presidential running mate and pastor of the
Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, has declared that
an APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is not in
the same class with the late premier of Western Region,
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, hence, does not deserve to
take the place of the late sage as the leader of the
Yoruba race.
Admitting that both leaders made unique contributions
in bringing the race together, the fiery preacher
asserted that Awolowo belonged to a special breed
created by God and was only in the class of world
leaders like Mahatma Gandhi of India.
He made this known in an interview published in the
second edition of the monthly publication: The
Interview magazine, where he adduced that Tinubu, a
former governor of Lagos State, was yet to cross the
kind of rivers which the late Awolowo crossed.
“What major river did he (Tinubu) cross?” Bakare
retorted when asked by his interviewer if the former
governor was not qualified to take the place of the sage
who is widely described as the last authentic leader of
the Yoruba.
When reminded that the APC bigwig was the major
engineer of the merger that helped to bring the Yoruba
together, he said, “And you think it was only Bola
Tinubu who made that possible. I see. Which one came
first, the chicken or the egg?”
He continued: “Well, the answer is in the Bible. You are
a preacher yourself. God first created the bird of the air
and not eggs. The birds laid the eggs. If you see the
picture of patriots and Nigerian leaders here, they are
all a collapse of his.
“The people who are attempting to wear his (Awolowo)
glasses do not have his vision, they attempt to wear
his cap but do not have his brain, they attempt to wear
his shoes but do not walk his ways. Show me the
empire that Awolowo built with public funds. To a
Yoruba man, there is no concept greater than
Omoluabi.
“If you get to my father’s grave in a hut he built in 1922,
which is now a museum, there is an inscription ‘bibire
koshefowora” which means you cannot buy a good
pedigree or family background.
“I am not trying to take the shine off Tinubu’s efforts;
he had laboured but he is not in the same class with
Awolowo. Regardless of how many rivers he crosses,
he is still Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Awolowo is
Awolowo.
“I have seen some paintings and pictures out there of
Mahatma Gandhi, Awolowo and others and I just laugh
and wonder why people can’t be themselves. When God
needed a Mahatma Gandhi, he created one. So he did
when he wanted an Awolowo. He created a T.D Jakes
when he needed one.
“A young man once went to T.D. Jakes and said, ‘Pray
for me that God will bless me and make me like you.’
T.D.Jakes asked him, “Are you sure.” “He said ‘Yes’
and T.D. Jakes said, “Let us pray. May you be
homeless, go through hardship,’ and the young man
jumped up and said ‘no, no, no, no, “and T.D. Jakes
said, “That is what produces results.”
The vice presidential candidate of the CPC in the 2011
election, disclosed that books written by Awolowo were
still relevant today, noting that: “You need to see books
he (Awolowo) wrote and how they are still relevant
today.
“Years after he left the scene, he is still the numero uno
Yoruba leader. Eagles don’t flock. You see one at a
time,” he added.
One-time presidential running mate and pastor of the
Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, has declared that
an APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is not in
the same class with the late premier of Western Region,
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, hence, does not deserve to
take the place of the late sage as the leader of the
Yoruba race.
Admitting that both leaders made unique contributions
in bringing the race together, the fiery preacher
asserted that Awolowo belonged to a special breed
created by God and was only in the class of world
leaders like Mahatma Gandhi of India.
He made this known in an interview published in the
second edition of the monthly publication: The
Interview magazine, where he adduced that Tinubu, a
former governor of Lagos State, was yet to cross the
kind of rivers which the late Awolowo crossed.
“What major river did he (Tinubu) cross?” Bakare
retorted when asked by his interviewer if the former
governor was not qualified to take the place of the sage
who is widely described as the last authentic leader of
the Yoruba.
When reminded that the APC bigwig was the major
engineer of the merger that helped to bring the Yoruba
together, he said, “And you think it was only Bola
Tinubu who made that possible. I see. Which one came
first, the chicken or the egg?”
He continued: “Well, the answer is in the Bible. You are
a preacher yourself. God first created the bird of the air
and not eggs. The birds laid the eggs. If you see the
picture of patriots and Nigerian leaders here, they are
all a collapse of his.
“The people who are attempting to wear his (Awolowo)
glasses do not have his vision, they attempt to wear
his cap but do not have his brain, they attempt to wear
his shoes but do not walk his ways. Show me the
empire that Awolowo built with public funds. To a
Yoruba man, there is no concept greater than
Omoluabi.
“If you get to my father’s grave in a hut he built in 1922,
which is now a museum, there is an inscription ‘bibire
koshefowora” which means you cannot buy a good
pedigree or family background.
“I am not trying to take the shine off Tinubu’s efforts;
he had laboured but he is not in the same class with
Awolowo. Regardless of how many rivers he crosses,
he is still Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Awolowo is
Awolowo.
“I have seen some paintings and pictures out there of
Mahatma Gandhi, Awolowo and others and I just laugh
and wonder why people can’t be themselves. When God
needed a Mahatma Gandhi, he created one. So he did
when he wanted an Awolowo. He created a T.D Jakes
when he needed one.
“A young man once went to T.D. Jakes and said, ‘Pray
for me that God will bless me and make me like you.’
T.D.Jakes asked him, “Are you sure.” “He said ‘Yes’
and T.D. Jakes said, “Let us pray. May you be
homeless, go through hardship,’ and the young man
jumped up and said ‘no, no, no, no, “and T.D. Jakes
said, “That is what produces results.”
The vice presidential candidate of the CPC in the 2011
election, disclosed that books written by Awolowo were
still relevant today, noting that: “You need to see books
he (Awolowo) wrote and how they are still relevant
today.
“Years after he left the scene, he is still the numero uno
Yoruba leader. Eagles don’t flock. You see one at a
time,” he added.
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