Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, the controversial Onitsha-based
cleric better known as Odumeje, has warned Nigerian pastors not to pray for
Israel amid its ongoing war with Hamas in Palestine.
On October 7, the Hamas militant group infiltrated Israel
from Gaza in an unprecedented attack through the air, land and sea — opening
another vicious chapter in the age-long, complex crisis between Israel and
Palestine.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minster of Israel, also vowed
that it would annihilate the Hamas militant group and asked residents of Gaza
to flee the city as Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) will operate forcefully.
More than 4,000 people have reportedly been killed on both
sides since the latest conflict began.
In a now-viral video, Odumeje, while addressing his
congregation, threatened to make any Nigerian pastor who keeps calling for
prayers for Israel “deaf and dumb”.
He, however, urged clerics to rather focus their prayers on
the challenges bedeviling Nigeria.
“Your own country Nigeria, you have not prayed for your
president who does not know left and right,” he spoke in a mixture of Igbo and
pidgin English.
“Any pastor I hear say pray for Israel… If you pray pim for
any Israel, I will make you deaf and dumb. Pastor agbero.”
Odumeje’s warning comes a few days after Enoch Adeboye, the
general overseer of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), attracted
criticism from social media users for offering prayers for Israel.
Odumeje is famous for making headlines with statements that
are mostly controversial.
In March, the cleric, also nicknamed ‘Indaboski’, revealed
that he had little time left to spend on earth.
“I don’t have much time left on earth. I came into the world
to work. I came to do the work God asked me to do. Jesus sent me into the world
to work. Once I’m done, I will go back home,” he said.
“Odumeje has no time
left. In a bit more time, the mighty will be gone. I named my son King David.
“I told him, ‘David, in no time, your father will be gone.
Look at your siblings. Look at my family. I came to spread the gospel. When I’m
done, I’ll be gone.”
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While are you tagging Pastor Adeboye? Stop misleading people. He never mentioned anybody s name. Be guded
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