Pastor Tunde Bakare has shared a moment he experienced with Muhammadu Buhari during the 2011 presidential campaign when they both ran under the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Bakare said that after the official launch of their campaign in Kaduna, they returned home in the same vehicle.
In an interview with Channels TV from 28:06, Bakare said that when they arrived, Buhari got out of the car and staggered. He said Buhari then suddenly shouted, “Jesus Christ of Nazareth”. He said he was surprised and asked Buhari why he said that.
Bakare said Buhari replied that he was simply thanking God. He said Buhari also told him that he (Bakare) was not the only one who had the right to mention the name of Jesus.
In Bakare’s words: “After the flag off of our campaign in Kaduna, we drove in the same car and when we got home he staggered. The next word he spoke, God is my witness, was Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I said, ‘General, what is that?’ He said, ‘You do not have monopoly of Jesus Christ, I am thanking God’. He just said that”
