TR0UBLE: Buhari should let Osinbajo leave if he's not allowed to perform - Tunde Bakare
Afnews Editor
Feb 03, 2021
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, has told Vice-President Prof Yemi Osinbajo to leave, if he is not allowed to carry out his function.
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Bakare, speaking to media mogul Dele Momodu in an Instagram Live chat on Tuesday, however insisted he did not believe reports that Osinbajo was being handicapped in office.
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He called on the vice-president to come out publicly and clear the air.
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Bakare said, "I don't know if that statement is true that he is not allowed to perform. The constitution is very clear on the vice-president's role, especially as it relates to steering the economy of the nation.
"Before I accepted General Muhammadu Buhari's offer, I said what would be my role because I will not be a spare tyre. He assured me that my role will be as prescribed by the constitution and as many other things as you can be given to do.
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"I want to hear it from the vice-president himself that he's not allowed to perform. I don't like rumour and I don't like gossip."
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Bakare was Buhari's running mate for the 2011 Nigerian presidential election.
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