Dominic:
Thanks so much for the new information.......
So, Bakare's mother was converted from Islam to Christianity at age 84 in '84?
Well then, there is still a big difference between age 2 and 84, isn't there, and I am even more impressed about Bakare's Christianity?
Moving on...
Now, of course, Bakare's mother is not on the presidential ticket, and the key question to ask Bakare himself OVER his religious background - which cannot be asked about ANY other leader in this country except perhaps Oshiomole, who (as Adams Aliyu Oshiomole, is a Catholic, and probably too has a Muslim parental background) - is:
(1) How will your early Muslim faith or family background, however brief or long, be deployed to promote Muslim-Christian relations in this country, now that you are a Christian, if you become Vice-President of Nigeria, which, as we now know, is literally a heartbeat away from the Presidency?
That is all that should be relevant to a reasonable and patriotic citizen of Nigeria, as different from any caterwaulers, in addition to questions about corruption, the economy, Niger-Delta, Biafra, SNC, education, roads, power, employment, agriculture - and Egypt.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
--- In NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com, Dominic Ogbonna <summadom@...> wrote:
>
> Excrpt: "*Bakare, who said his parents were Muslims from the outset, added
> that his mother only got converted in 1984, while his father died as a
> Muslim."* -ThisDayNewspapger
>
> *<Commentary>*
> **
> Culled From: *
> http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/im-a-thorough-bred-egba-man-says-bakare/85729/
> *<http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/im-a-thorough-bred-egba-man-says-bakare/85729/>
> And there You have it -for those of you whose deities compete with each
> other!
>
> Finally, I have a question for professor Aluko. He wrote, earlier in the
> day:
>
> " .. *it is misleading to say, as Professor Aluko has said, that "**his
> mother ABIGAIL (who is now 100 years old; God has blessed her richly with
> long life and a good and caring son) is a Christian - that is a big
> difference - and his Muslim father had died at age 2. So what are we talking
> about*?"
>
> Now that we know that both of Bakare's parents were devout and
> complete muslims, and brought him up as one, does professor
> Aluko still mainting that *that is a big difference *??
> *</Commentary>*
>
>
>
> I'm a Thorough-bred Egba Man, Says Bakare
>
> 03 Feb 2011
> Vice-presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC),
> Pastor Tunde Bakare, Wednesday dismissed rumours making the rounds that he
> hails from Ilorin, Kwara State, describing himself as a thorough-bred Egba
> man.
>
> Rumours were flying that both presidential candidate of the CPC, General
> Muhammadu Buhari, and his running mate, Bakare, were Northerners, implying
> that theirs is a North-North ticket since Kwara State is located in the
> North-central zone of the country, while Buhari hails from Katsina in
> North-western part of the country.
>
> While dismissing the insinuation as an outright falsehood, Bakare, who told
> THISDAY through a telephone conversation Wednesday night that he was a
> bonafide indigene of Abeokuta in Ogun State, added that he hails from Sodeke
> village in the state capital which was established by Sodeke, one of the
> founders of Egba in 1830.
>
> Sodeke was one of the notable warriors in Yoruba land in the 19th century,
> whose fame and heroic acts brought glory to Egba community.
>
> To establish the altruism of his claim, Bakare said he could trace his
> genealogy up to the fourth and even fifth generations of Egba, recalling
> that he even built a cenotaph in honour of the memory of Sodeke, his
> ancestor, which he said was inaugurated by the Ogun State government.
>
> While explaining that both his father and mother were from Abeokuta, the
> cleric said his father built his house in Iporo, Sodeke in 1922 where he was
> born 55 years ago, adding that his father's grave is still in the house
> "till today".
>
> Bakare said while his father is now dead, his mother, who is 110 years old,
> still lives in Abeokuta, saying "without prejudice to the good people of
> Ilorin", he has no root whatsoever in the town as being rumoured.
>
> Bakare. who also said he had his primary and secondary school education in
> Abeokuta, named the schools as All Saints Primary School, Kenta and Lisabi
> Grammar School, Idi Aba, both in the town, adding that he is well known as a
> full-fledged indigene of Egba by the Alake of Egba land, Oba Adedotun Aremu
> Gbadebo, as well as the Olowu of Owu, Oba Dosunmu.
>
> According to him, both monarchs can attest to his claim of Egba
> indigeneship. He also said among his school mates in Abeokuta is the
> incumbent governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
>
> Bakare, who said his parents were Muslims from the outset, added that his
> mother only got converted in 1984, while his father died as a Muslim.
>
> THISDAY also learnt that Bakare had once declared his ambition to run for
> the chairmanship of Abeokuta Local Government area of the state.
> *
> http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/im-a-thorough-bred-egba-man-says-bakare/85729/
> *<http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/im-a-thorough-bred-egba-man-says-bakare/85729/>
>
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