Transition Committee: I am not aware of any appointment - Bakare denies

By Kelly Amos, Naija Center News

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has denied reports that he has been appointed as the head, transition committee by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.

NAIJA CENTER NEWS quoted a member of the All Progresses Congress (APC), kayode Ogundamisi who posted on his twitter page yesterday that Buhari had called for Bakare and had appointed him to head his transition committee which, according to the information, did not go down well with the party leader, Bola Tinunu.

Mr. Ogundamisi quickly made a u-turn on his statement after the news filtered around on the social media that Buhari appointed Bakare as a member of those to screen nominees into transition committee.

When contacted by Vanguard Newspaper, Bakare simply said he was not aware of such an appointment. He said  “You are the one informing me, I do not know anything about it.”

Asked if he would accept the offer if he was called to head the committee, he said “you are the one informing me, don’t ask questions on the information you are giving me. Thank you.”

The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari had said at the weekend that men with integrity will be appointed as members of his transition committee as the first step to an entirely new path for the country.

Pastor Tunde Bakare was the running mate of Buhari in 2011 presidential election.

 

 

Transition Committee: I am not aware of any appointment - Bakare denies