The Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has told his congregation that he warned against the “Emilokan” type of politics.
Emilokan, a Yoruba saying which means ‘It’s my turn,’ gained popularity when it was used by President Bola Tinubu during his 2023 pre-election campaign.
During a State of the Nation broadcast, at the church in Ikeja, Lagos, Bakare said ’emilokan’ was a tendency of authoritarianism.
During his speech themed ‘Vice, Virtue & Time: Three Things That Never Stand Still,’ he said: “I’m reminded of the warning that I sounded to Nigerians in January 2023 in my address titled, ‘Bridging the gap between politics and governance.’
“I warned that the politics of entitlement; the ‘emilokan’ type of politics would breed an imperium presidency, one that would slide towards dictatorship and would be intolerant of dissent.”
Bakare made this comment in respect of the arrest, detention and prosecution of the suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and the detention of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, by the Department of State Services.
Emefiele was arrested by the DSS in June and the Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed August 15 to hear an application by Emefiele seeking to stop his trial by the Federal Government through the DSS.
While reacting, Bakare said: “The actions of the DSS have raised concerns about professionalism and adherence to the rule of law. The reported invasion of the premises of the EFCC and the handling of the case of Emefiele have sparked discussions regarding the need for due process and equitable application of justice.
“The handling of the Emefiele case has sent a signal to the world and the current President’s disposition to the war against corruption.”
He said the war against corruption by the current administration was like making some people scapegoats by virtue of them being “political adversaries while various other major enemies of Nigeria remain untouched.”
He said Emefiele should be prosecuted if found culpable and added that the suspended CBN governor might have made a wrong call in the way he managed the monetary affairs of the country, but he should not be the scapegoat because he could not have acted without presidential authorization.
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