There was no formal agreement for former President Muhammadu Buhari to cede power to him, according to Pastor Tunde Bakare, General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC).
Buhari served from 2015 to 2023. From 1983 until 1985, he served as the military’s head of state.
Bakare said that Buhari would have favoured him as his successor when he spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
“There was no written agreement between us,” Bakare stated.
“He’s late. I will never say anything unfair about him.
“But there was a kind of look — ’you’re one of those I would love to succeed me’ — and he did his best.”
Bakare also revealed that Buhari invited all presidential aspirants to a meeting ahead of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primaries, where he urged them to freely choose who they wanted to succeed him.
According to Bakare, Buhari said: “I have allowed governors to choose those who will succeed them or go for a second term.
“I’m asking you today to freely choose the person I desire to succeed me.”
