APC has become party for politicians with no ideology — Tunde Bakare
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Pastor Tunde Bakare
The General overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that the All Progressives Congress—APC has become a party for politicians with no ideology. He also said that the results of the 2023 elections showed that Nigerians are tired of the ruling party.
Bakare, a former presidential aspirant of APC said this on Sunday during a State of the Nation Broadcast, at the church in Ikeja, Lagos.
The cleric said this during his speech themed, ‘Vice, Virtue & Time: Three Things That Never Stand Still’. The controversial cleric noted that the APC he joined to form had deviated from the principles it was founded on.
He said, “At this juncture, I must also sound a warning to the APC. I was there when the APC was formed and the extent of my involvement is well documented. As a stakeholder and more importantly as a nation builder, I’m more obligated to state without equivocation that this is not the APC we envisaged. The results of the last elections were clear indications that Nigerians are fed up with what the APC had become.”
The pastor cum politician added that the votes polled by the APC during the 2023 presidential election declined from what it had in 2015 and 2019, was an indication that there was a loss of support base for the party.
“If it were not for the divisions within the Peoples Democratic Party and the emergence of the Obidient movement of the Labour Party that split the traditional support base of the PDP, the APC would have convincingly lost the 2023 elections. Even now, the party’s victory as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission is being challenged in court,” Bakare added.
Bakare, further said that APC has now become a rendezvous for politicians “with no ideology”, who moved from one party to the other to seek power at all costs.
“The APC stood for progressivism characterised by substantial positive investment in social sectors such as education and healthcare and it achieved inclusiveness and social mobility”.
