Mr Tinubu said the ousted CBN governor oversaw a “rotten financial system” in which a few persons made “bags of money.”
“Entitlement politics will breed an imperial presidency that is distant from the people.”
In a press conference on Sunday, Mr Bakare, who got zero votes in the primaries, said this symbolises his “zero tolerance” for a kind of politics.
Mr Okorocha was on the ballot despite having a running battle with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over fraud.
Mr Bakare also compared the N100 million he paid to obtain the APC presidential nomination forms and political ambition with the biblical Jesus’ sacrifice.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Pentecostal preacher Tunde Bakare have obtained the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination forms for the 2023 elections.
“Therefore, our Distinct Nationhood Agenda, DNA, is simple, it is RUN – Restructuring For United Nigeria – This is what I am set to advance,” Mr Bakare said to his congregants
Tunde Bakare, the senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church, said Nigerians could not blame him for President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure.
Six years later, the question left for Osinbajo to answer is whether it is all worth it.
Since assuming power in 2015, Mr Buhari has shown no manifest commitment towards stabilising the country.