One of Nigeria’s most outspoken pastors, Tunde Bakare,
yesterday collapsed in Lagos while giving a lecture to a gathering of
investors.
A close associate of Mr. Bakare, who oversees the Latter
Rain Ministries, told reporters that the pastor’s collapse owed to exhaustion.
“Pastor Bakare has been making a whirlwind of lectures recently. He attended
the graduation of one of his kids in the U.S. and has held several meetings in
the last week,” the source disclosed.
Mr. Bakare became lightheaded
and collapsed as he delivered the lecture during Capital Investors dinner at
the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. An eyewitness said there was a swelling on
his forehead after he fell. Mr. Bakare was rushed to Reddington Hospital in
Lagos. He was treated and discharged, and one source said he was now resting at
home.
Mr. Bakare is one of Nigeria’s most well known critics of
bad governance as well as religious corruption. In 2011, he ran as the vice
presidential candidate to Muhammadu Buhari on the ticket of the now defunct
CPC.
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