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The visit focused on critical national issues and the state of the nation.
Bakare had, during an address in April at the Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, called on President Bola Tinubu to implement immediate and strategic interventions to steer Nigeria out of its mounting crises.
The outspoken cleric urged the president to be open to counsel and to “stop playing God.”
Addressing the congregation, Bakare stressed the need for a “coordinated programme” to restore stability, warning that the current trajectory of insecurity and economic hardship could push the nation into deeper chaos.
While lamenting the continued rise in killings and kidnappings across Nigeria — with states like Plateau and Benue particularly affected — Bakare decried the reliance on prayer alone, describing it as increasingly ritualistic in the absence of decisive leadership.
“People of faith have prayed to the point of weariness, and any call for prayer now appears to be a mere religious ritual,” he said, noting that many Nigerians now believe prayer alone is no longer sufficient.
“Some have concluded that we have prayed long enough and that unless certain pragmatic steps are taken with immediate effect, the rage of the poor may engineer social, economic, and political worst-case scenarios,” he added.
