The Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare on Sunday declared that he will succeed Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s next president.

In a video which has been trending on social media, Bakare said that he will succeed President Buhari as the 16th president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as he was born to fulfill that purpose.

His words: “Take it to the mountain top if you have never heard it before. I am saying it to you this morning. In the scheme of things, as far as the politics of Nigeria is concerned, President Buhari is number 15 and yours sincerely is number 16.

“I never said that to you before. I want to let you know it this morning, nothing can change it in the name of Jesus. He (Buhari) is number 15, I am number 16.

“To this end was I born and for this purpose came I into the world. I have prepared for this for 30 years. When he (Buhari) chose to run in 2019, he is still number 15. When he steps out, I step in.

“His assignment is that of Moses, to take Nigeria to River Jordan but he can’t cross it. It will take a Joshua to go to the other side and begin to distribute the resources to the people of this nation.”

Bakare was the running mate to Buhari when he was the presidential candidate of Congress for Progress Change (CPC) in the 2011 presidential election. Buhari lost the election to Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party.