Tunde Bakare, senior
pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, says the next in line to the throne does
not become king in all cases.
Speaking on ‘The
birth pangs of a new Nigeria’ at his church auditorium on Sunday, Bakare said
those attempting to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari are doing all they
could to outperform him.
He said such people
“are full of show-offs in their bid to register star performances and outdo
their benefactors”.
Drawing parallels
between Buhari and King David in the Bible, Bakare said the king may be old and
cold, but the king is not dead, and residual power belongs to him.
He said those acting
in the corridor of power could keep acting but power still lies with the king
to appoint who will succeed him.
“The next in line
does not translate automatically to the next king. I kept quiet since because I
know the day I will speak, all arrows will begin to fly, but guess what? I’m
beyond the enemy’s reach,” he said.
“What is happening in
Nigeria is not new, it’s not strange, but if you don’t have the wherewithal,
and your wife is in intense labour, you will panic.
“What is happening in
this nation is not new, it’s not strange; our nation is going through birth
pangs, Nigeria is in intense labour.”
He said there are two
types of labour; painful or painless labour.
He added that
protracted labour is fatal, whether painless or painful, stating that “it appears
that the Nigeria of our dreams is in protracted labour”.
Bakare said a cursory
look at Nigeria will make anyone lose hope in the country’s future.
“Personally, I have
been bombarded with requests for interview by the organised press for a very long
time now, regarding the situation of the country but I have granted none. I
hope the message today will answer their questions and allay all our collective
doubts and fears.
“Our president who I
believe is on the path to sure recovery has recently been serving the nation he
loves with diminishing energy due to his ill health.
“As a result of the
president’s present condition, all over the land, Absaloms and Adonijahs are
springing up. Again this is not unusual.”
Bakare said the
Absaloms, who seek to overthrow the king, “embraces everyone” and “warm their
hearts into the minds of the simple and gullible till they steal the heart of
all men”.
He added that people
like Absalom do not mind if they plunge the nation into a civil war, adding
that he “hopes that those within the polity with inordinate ambitions to take
over power, fully, understand that all that will be left to their name at the
end is a monument and not a movement”.
Bakare said as for
the Adonjahs, they confuse birthright with leadership rights, and “assume that
the next in line is automatically the next king, whenever the current king is
no more”.
He said they forget
“one major fact, that the king may be very cold, may be very old and in need of
warmth, but the king is not yet dead”.
“You don’t know what
prayer requests are flying in this country, left, right and centre…people who
do not learn from history will repeat the blunders of history till they
themselves become history.”
The preacher said
Adonijah is more strategic than Absalom, that he connects himself with “Emirs,
Kabiyesis, Obis…the chief of army staff,” but often has a hole in his
armour.
“The king may be
cold, the king may need warmth, but the final authority is still in his
hands. All the actors in the corridor of power can keep acting, but the
residual power is still in the man who is cold,” he said.
Bakare said he is
outrightly against a military coup, adding that he would take to the streets if
the military seize power in Nigeria.
He told civilians in
power, that what makes sense is not always God’s plan.
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