The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has lambasted Primate Theophilus Olabayo of the Evangelical Church of Yahweh, Maryland, Lagos, for predicting that the party would lose Lagos State governorship election in 2015.
The party warned Lagosians in particular and Nigerians in general to be wary of attention-seeking prophets and their patronising prophecies of doom, as the 2015 general elections draw nearer.
Reacting to Olabayo’s prediction, the state Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe said the clergy was only aiming at regaining public relevance.
He said that Olabayo’s prediction never came to the party as a surprise, following his antecedents of failed predictions in the past.
According to Igbokwe, Olabayo was only trying to use APC to bounce back to relevance, having suffered both physical, financial and spiritual setback years ago.
“Is it not the same man who predicted years back that George W. Bush would defeat Bill Clinton at the American polls only to publicly apologise that he saw Clinton and not Bush, after Clinton became the president?
“In 1991, the ‘man of God’ predicted the imminent death of a very prominent Nigerian who threatened to sue him for the fake prophecies. The man is still alive till date and still kicking at over 80 years of age. Are these not enough to make the self-acclaimed Nostradamus to cover his face in shame?” Igbokwe queried.
The APC publicist advised Olabayo to heed the word of the Bible which says “Healer, heal thyself,” adding that just as his past predictions had gone into the garbage bin, so would this one which the party rejected in God’s mighty name.
Igbokwe likened the prediction of the Kogi State-born primate to that of the late Professor Godspower Oyewole who desecrated the Holy Bible where he claimed that he saw the name of a former president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, adding that Olabayo had gone back to his old ways of seeking relevance through controversial predictions which usually caused confusion.
Primate Olabayo had in a recent interview with a national newspaper, predicted that the ruling APC would lose Lagos State to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in next year’s governorship poll. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Primate Olabayo has he call is just doing what he know best. Though I am not a politician but I think man of God should be sincere in their prediction of c dis c dat instead of cosing problem upon problem for mankind. May b Ppl Deceive Ppl must hv paid sum cash into his account to bring him out of his porverty level n bounce bak. Why must He predict PDP but not any others parties to win com 2015? LP, APGA, UPN etc are in Lagos. Man of God pls respect God first if u must get ur own respect.
ReplyDeleteCan APC will Lagos Again! God forbid it. for the Pastor their are other way to convey your message for people to understand than openly taking side to one particular party. and for Man that was prophesise upon that still alive, that doesn't mean the man that God shown the prophesy did not see. when Prophesise go ahead of time what I thing they should do is to annul/ cancelled it with high Authority rather than crying.
ReplyDeleteBut Physically with what is on ground they APC can not rule Lagos after the good but incapacitated man ( Fashola ) tenures End. OJS
TB Joshua also predicted same last year, and now this man of God has confirm it. APC should just go and rest. God is not a man, GEJ was raised and enthrone by only the finger of Almighty God, no man except GOD can bring him down. OBJ and Buhari team can not do anything except God says so. Now God is saying GEJ is going back, let us respect the voice of the prophets as bible and quran advice. Or just keep quite no insults on these men of God. No matter how many and weapons. APC should just listen to the voice of God, and know their fate before time. It is possible for APC to lose Lagos with free and fair election without APC rigging, because is made of majority of none yorubas, going by the last census on Lagos Ibos were put at 47 % of Lagos residents. And reasonable Ibo man would like to vote Buhari and APC considering the treatment meted on them by the Fashola and Tinubu, especially on traders/businessmen who form the 80% of Ibos in Lagos. With this and votes from other minorities residing in Lagos, APC will lose.
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