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Maduka, whose auto dealership, Coscharis Motors, was involved in a shady car
purchase deal by former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, apparently tried to
offer Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly a Rolls Royce
Phantom during the pastor’s 60th birthday celebration.
Mr. Bakare,
a fiery pastor who was a former vice presidential running mate of Muhammadu
Buhari, told his congregation in Lagos that he woke up early one day during the
commissioning of a new branch of his church to find the expensive luxury car at
his doorsteps.
He said he
rejected the gift, stating that his interest was in good governance, adding
that it would have been unconscionable to accept the car while a majority of
Nigerians continue to wallow in abject poverty.
In his talk
to his congregation, Mr. Bakare described the rebuffed car gift as well as the
luxurious nature of the Rolls Royce Phantom. “I was sitting at home one day and
they brought in a brand new 2015 Rolls-Royce into my house. My 60th birthday
was coming,” he said. “I looked at it, kai! This is awkward. When you open your
car, your door goes this way, its own door goes that way. It clears the way so
that there is nothing blocking your way.
“I saw a
button. They said, ‘It is an umbrella, sir. It is on every door in case it is
raining, you just push it and the umbrella comes out.’ I said: Na wa o. Then I
said: Oya, leave this place.
“Where is
the road that I will ride it upon? My heart is not in things like this. I asked
my son to take a photograph of the brand new car as a proof,” the pastor
stated.
A confirmed
source close to Mr. Bakare said the car came from Coscharis Motors. However, it
could not be ascertain whether it was an attempted gift from Mr. Maduka or
whether someone else had paid the dealership to purchase the Roll Royce for the
pastor.
Culled: Sahara Reporters
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