The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church,
Pastor Tunde Bakare, has clarified comments he made linking the African
Democratic Congress, ADC, to a plane crash.
Bakare has now insisted that his remarks were not intended
to mock victims of the October 29, 2006 ADC Airline tragedy.
The clergyman recently said he’s under pressure to join the
coalition-backed ADC but is unwilling to join the party.
“I am not going to take part in ADC. The last time I knew
about ADC was about a plane that crashed. I wish them well, because we need a
robust opposition,” he said.
Speaking at a news conference on Sunday, Bakare claimed his
statements were taken out of context.
He explained that his reference to the ADC was “purely
metaphorical”, aimed at describing the instability within some political
parties in Nigeria, not a reference to the plane crash or its victims.
“My comments did not in any way bring into the spotlight the
victims of the October 29, 2006 ADC Airline crash. I pray that all those with
lingering pain from that event will find complete healing and comfort,” he
said.
The ADC Airline Flight 53 crash in 2006 claimed 98 lives,
including the then Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido.
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