President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday denied meeting Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly and Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. Reports said yesterday that Buhari had a closed-door meeting with Adeosun and Bakare, who was his running mate in the 2011 presidential election, under the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
Adeosun has been in the news over an alleged forgery of her NYSC exemption certificate. Bakare was at the Presidential Villa around 2.30pm, same time the Finance Minister was also sighted. But the president in a statement through his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said he did not meet either.
“Stories with insinuations are making the rounds that Pastor Tunde Bakare and Mrs. Kemi Adeosun met together with President Muhammadu Buhari at State House, Abuja, Friday, far from the truth.
“The minister was at the Presidential Villa in connection with the Annual General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration of African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) holding Saturday in Abuja, which would be graced by President Buhari. She ran into Pastor Bakare, who was on a scheduled visit to see the president and they exchanged pleasantries. The cleric particularly thanked the minister for finding time to attend his mother’s funeral which took place in Abeokuta, Ogun State, penultimate weekend.
“Mrs Adeosun had seen President Buhari no fewer than three times earlier in the week, and did not need to meet with him again on Friday. This statement is to put events in proper perspective, and dispel all conjectures and fictive reporting. “
Meanwhile, the president has joined members of Redeemed Christian Church of God, christendom at large, and all well-wishers in celebrating an exemplary woman and mother, Pastor Folu Adeboye, who turned 70.
President Buhari and his family rejoiced with Pastor Adeboye’s family and friends for the grace of service that God has bestowed on them, which is evident in preaching and living the truth of the gospel, counseling the young and old and providing warmth and succour for the weak and underprivileged, the statement said.
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