A Former vice presidential candidate and Front-line pastor Tunde Bakare collapsed on stage Monday while delivering a lecture to a gathering of investors in Lagos.
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.
Our correspondent learned that 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.
Meanwhile, Pastor Tunde Bakare’s office informed the public on social media that the Pastor is in need of rest, after collapsing on stage during a lecture yesterday, May 18th.
The official statement read in part: “Thank you all for your outpouring of affection and concern through calls, messages, and prayers. Please be assured that Pastor Tunde Bakare is hale, hearty and in good spirits, though in need of rest.
The statement also pleaded with the public to remain calm, and give Pastor Bakare “the space and time to fully recuperate over the next few days.”
The statement was written by the Executive Council The Latter Rain Assembly.