President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should take up the gauntlet to fight corruption in the country, Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has said.
The fiery clergy man challenged the president in his State of the Nation address on Sunday to confront the menace, saying the suggestion that Tinubu will not be able to fight graft because he’s perceived to be corrupt is not enough excuse for him.
So far, Bakare said no court has convicted Tinubu for corruption, adding that as the president he has the power to tackle the problem, notwithstanding the allegation that President Tinubu rode to power through an opaque election process.
Bakare partly stated that “Some might say that you, Mr President, are too tainted to fight corruption because you were escorted into the presidency by a retinue of corruption allegations.
“Some might even describe you as transparently opaquely corrupt because, despite the indicators of state capture allegedly linked to you, no one has proved these allegations against you in any Nigerian court of competent jurisdiction.
“Some might argue that even the road you took to the presidency was itself paved with filth from the cesspool of corruption and that you are, therefore, incapable of mounting any genuine fight against corruption.
“Mr President, while we admit that, as of today, our nation has transitioned from an administration that came to power on the 12/30 supposed wings of integrity and anti-corruption to one that cannot be described as such, the fact remains that you are today the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with enormous powers to fight against corruption in its hydra-headed forms.”
