By Ihechukwu Njoku
On Sunday 5th April 2015, Pastor T.B. Joshua sensationally revealed how he sent a message to outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan several weeks before the historic presidential elections that pushed him out of power.
“I want to use this moment to congratulate Nigerians in our midst here,” Joshua began in a message to his multi-national congregation, televised live via Christian network Emmanuel TV.
Alluding to his prediction a week to the election that the dark cloud he saw covering Nigeria was lifting, he emphasised that a bloody ‘war’ would have ensued if not for the prompt concession of power by President Jonathan.
“Look, Nigeria wanted change – everyone was yearning for change. An attempt to stop change leads to war, to a bloodbath… If Nigeria knows what we have overcome, we would dance.”
Joshua praised Jonathan’s tenure in office, insisting that he had served his nation well despite the immense security challenges.
“I really want to salute President Jonathan. The President has served; he has done his best. It was just the season of crisis – and unfortunately he found himself at the lead in the season of crisis.”
The cleric, who is well-known for his alleged prophetic abilities, then revealed that ‘God’ spoke to him with a message for Jonathan several weeks before the general elections.
“This message should be delivered to your president, that whatever the outcome of this election, his regime has come to an end. He should accept to save the lives of millions,” he told the congregation.
Joshua claimed he called Jonathan by phone, adding that he had previously shared with him many revelations about Nigeria which eventually came to pass. “He knows Prophet T.B Joshua by the grace of God in him; he has my track record with him.”
Insisting the seriousness of the revelation was such that it had to be relayed personally, Jonathan promptly sent a close aide to meet the cleric. “It’s not a message I could say in the church because it would affect your vote,” Joshua added.
After the presidential aide had worshipped at The SCOAN during a Sunday service, Joshua said he met him and relayed the revelation that Jonathan’s regime had come to an end. “Soft landing - that is the language I sent to the president,” he told attendees.
Joshua described Jonathan as a man who ‘has a heart for God’, revealing that he even spoke with the Nigerian president shortly before his historic concession call to General Buhari.
“I said to him, ‘Your Excellency - all you need to say is thank You, Jesus, even when it seems there is nothing to be thankful for. He said, ‘Thank you, man of God’. Before I knew it, I saw the news on CNN that he had congratulated his opponent.”
Joshua described Jonathan’s exit as ‘wonderful’, cementing his legacy as a democratic champion. “A man after God’s heart is a man with a wonderful exit. The beginner is not the owner but the finisher,” he told congregants.
He prayed that people from the ‘South-South’ region in Nigeria where President Jonathan hails from would understand that ‘their son has become a hero’, adding that his actions prove the region is after a united Nigeria.
Taking a walk down memory lane, Joshua reminded congregants that he had given a similar message in 2010 to Laurent Gbagbo, the former President of Ivory Coast.
“In a vision, I saw crisis – thousands of people being killed in Ivory Coast – just because of the outcome of the election,” he explained to congregants.
After sending the message across to the then Ivorian leader, a delegation of government figures and presidential aides was dispatched to Nigeria.
“I told them that whatever the outcome of the election – whether the popular or unpopular voice of people – our President should concede. His regime has come to an end,” Joshua reminisced.
According to the cleric, Gbagbo had personally called him regarding the prediction, looking for an avenue to avert it and inviting him to Ivory Coast. Joshua insisted that nothing more could be done.
When Gbagbo refused to concede power to Alassane Ouattara in the controversial 2010 elections, a bloody onslaught ensued leading to the deaths of thousands and his eventual incarceration and public disgrace.
Joshua also reminded the faithful how he had personally warned Chief MKO Abiola that God was not backing his presidency in the ill-fated Nigerian elections of 1993 despite overwhelming public support in his favour.
He further recalled how, as a young man, he met the former Governor of Lagos State Lateef Jakande and told him that his beloved daughter was close to the grave. Both revelations came to pass.
The cleric added that his prophetic ministry is the reason he does not take sides in politics. “That is why I don’t belong to any party. All the parties are my own. I love everyone. If I belong to this party and the message of God is now against that party, how will I present it - when no one knows the mind of God? It is better I am free to deliver God’s message.”
He emphasised that material gain was not his mission, explaining that no exchange of money can be involved when it comes to spiritual matters such as prophecy.
“I am a material to be used that will not cost you any money. I am afraid to collect money from you because if I collect it, it will affect the gift and grace of God in my life.”
Joshua concluded by praying for the new government to be led by the All Progressives Congress. “Join me to pray for the new government, headed by President-Elect Buhari. Ask God to give our President a hearing heart – a heart that will listen to what the public is saying and want to know God’s opinion.”
The cleric insisted Jonathan had not sent him with the message he conveyed, adding that he had never visited Aso Rock excepting the time he was invited by Former President Sani Abacha after being wrongfully imprisoned for 10 days on the charge of drug dealing. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Liar from hell that's what you are. If you are looking for patronage from GMB you have failed woefully. Look elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteLiar from hell that's what you are. If you are looking for patronage from GMB you have failed woefully. Look elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteU r a big fool@anon7:49pm
ReplyDeleteBig gullible mugu that's what you are. My people perish due to ignorance
DeleteProphet of doom, your nemesis will soon catch up with you sooner than you expect, it is only God in His infinite mercy that Has knowledge of things to happen. Anybody believing these your permutations as prediction is doomed just like you.
ReplyDeleteGod in His infinite mercy can bestow on whoever He wills such power to see & speak into the future. He did it in the past, He can do it again & again. It is arrogant of you to claim to know all things of the Almighty God. It doesn't mean there cannot be genuine prophets again even though there are many false ones roaming the World nowadays. And it doesn't mean there can't be prophets again because you don't have the grace.
DeleteI believe in God Almighty so I prophet T B Joshau whatever he said is perfectly true it gift from God May God continue to strengthen him more
DeleteIf he is not to be respected as a man of God, cant he be respected as an elder? This is act of indiscipline and show of moral decadence.
ReplyDeleteNigerians can't you respect an elder. ? why the abuse, what has he done or said to warrant this abuse. Just thank God for Nigeria at this moment we are now and pray for Buhari to lead us well that's all.
ReplyDeleteI keep wondering why this "man of God" could not predict the collapse of his own church building and save lives by so doing but is quick to predict other people's lives. Just saying...
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't you say it boldly before elections just like father mbaka did.
ReplyDeleteI saw crowd over Nigeria and I advised Jonathan to leave irrespective of the outcome. He heeded the advice,conceded defeat after he lost,thus averting blood bath. Haba! If he was to go irrespective of the outcome, why allow him to go through the stressful elections? Supposing Jega announced Jonathan as the winner, then Jonathan followed it up with a national broadcast surrendering the mandate to GMB in a statemanly way, won't that have raised constitutional issues? Do you think Orubebe, Dame and co would have taken that from him? Would that have indeed averted blood? Easy Prophet!
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