The controversial pastor and
former running mate of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, denied the the rumour of heading a transition committee through his spokesperson Yinka Odumakin.
Founding pastor of Latter Rain
Assembly, Tunde Bakare, has said he was not aware of any appointment to head
the Transition Committee of the President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari as reported by
some newspapers on Monday.
ThisDay on Monday had reported
that Pastor Bakare had been appointed by President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to
head the screening of members of the Transition Committee which will meet with
a similar committee from the presidency on the hand-over from the Goodluck
Jonathan administration to the incoming Buhari-led government.
The controversial pastor and
former running mate of the president-elect denied the the rumour of heading a
transition committee through his spokesperson Yinka Odumakin.
He added that "mischief
makers are at work as usual."
The spokesperson of the Buhari
campaign office Malam Garba Shehu also said he wasn't aware of Bakare's
appointment when Daily Trust contacted him on Monday.
In an interview in Daura, Buhari
said the transition committee when put in place would comprise of patriotic and
knowledgeable Nigerians.
The president-elect said the
committee won't be too big and will contain more technocrats than politicians.
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