The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, said he warned his members not to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “Emilokan” politics.

Emilokan, a Yoruba saying meaning ‘It’s my turn’, became popular during President Bola Tinubu’s campaign ahead of the 2023 elections.

Bakare claimed that ’emilokan’ was a tendency of authoritarianism.

The cleric said, “I’m reminded of the warning that I sounded to Nigerians in January 2023 in my address titled, ‘Bridging the gap between politics and governance.’

“I warned that the politics of entitlement, the’ emilokan’ type of politics, would breed an imperium presidency, one that would slide towards dictatorship and be intolerant of dissent.”

Bakare had contested in last year’s All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary, which produced Tinubu as the flagbearer.