Many Nigerians are not going to forget the prophecies reeled out by some
Nigerian prophets last year. This is particularly because many of the
spiritual predictions, apart from generating controversies, did not also
come to pass.
I saw a woman win US election — T.B Joshua
The
General Overseer of The Synagogue Church Of All Nations, T.B Joshua,
got the world talking when he predicted a win for Democratic Party
candidate, Hillary Clinton, against Republican candidate, Donald Trump,
during the November 8 presidential party election in the United States.
The
man in the Synagogue, as Joshua’s teeming followers love to address
him, had stated during a Sunday service that he got a vision that a
woman would emerge as the US’ 45th President.
He said to an estatic
audience, “I want to share with you what I saw in a vision 10 days ago. I
saw the new president of America with a narrow win. That was 10 days
ago. In a vision, it was a man that would have won the election. The
Lord said narrowly 99 per cent voted for this woman and the woman narrow
win (sic). I saw her facing challenges… It was in a vision. They were
telling me that 10 days ago. There are a lot of visions and prophecies
on the Internet. The men of God saying opposite things, maybe they saw
it 15 days ago. They saw a man. I saw a woman 10 days ago because of two
straight lines that came together. I want to salute the opposition.’’
He
also said the major challenger (Trump) of Hillary Clinton should be
awarded after the election for putting up a good fight. However, the
emergence of Trump as the US President-elect threw a spanner in the
works of the prophecy.
The Sunday after the Tuesday election, T. B
Joshua told the congregation, ‘‘We were at a controversial service last
Sunday. The prophecy itself was not controversial. The prophecy caused
uproar to many who gave it different meanings and interpretations. The
prophecy I gave, thousands of people in the US cried to God. They called
and sent me emails. They said they heard my prophecy and prayed to God
to change it.’’
A northern group’ll recreate CPC — Ayodele
The
founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele,
is no stranger to prophecies. In fact, he reels out prophecies every New
Year. Believed to have made many spiritual prophecies that came to pass
in the past, some of the ones made in 2016 did not materialise.
Ayodele
prophesied that “A northern party will emerge. CPC (Congress for
Progressives Change) is not yet over. A group from the North will
recreate the CPC with a northern person in charge.’’
In the nation’s
political space at least last year, no group from the North has
recreated the CPC which merged with the Action Congress of Nigeria and
two other parties to form the ruling party, All Progressives Congress.
If anything, apart from the 40 political parties in the country, about
60 fresh applications for party registration are currently before the
Independent National Electoral Commission.
“Nigeria’s economy’ll shock the world”
The
General Overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission, Apostle Eugene Ogu,
reportedly predicted that the country’s economy would improve despite
the global drop in oil prices, adding that the naira would gain strength
in the first quarter of 2016.
He said, “Nigeria’s economy will shock
the nations of the world. 2016 is a year of divine promotion by the
will of God. No man or political party will ever toy with the destiny of
Nigerians again. Those who dug the pit of corruption will fall into
it.”
In reality, Nigerians complained of hard times throughout the
year as the country’s economy entered recession while the naira had
since fallen to its lowest in decades against the US dollar.
Buhari ’’ll perform well in 2016 — Abidoye
Also,
the Spiritual Head of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement, worldwide, Most
Reverend (Dr.) Samuel Abidoye, predicted that President Muhammadu Buhari
would perform creditably well in the year 2016 and surprise Nigerians
with an improved and better government
Although the military recorded
key victories against insurgency in the North-East, including the
capture of the dreaded Sambisa Forest, Nigerians are groaning under
economic hardship and the current recession.
‘Peterside will be Rivers governor’
Presiding
cleric, Christ Apostolic Church, Ori-Oke Irapada, Omu-Aran, Kwara
State, Prophet Christopher Owolabi, said the Peoples Democratic Party’s
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State would be removed from office in
2016 unless he prayed fervently against it. He also said the APC would
win the governorship election in Rivers State.
“Fayose should pray
very hard to overcome an imminent impeachment from office in 2016… I can
also see, as it was revealed to me, the APC candidate in the Rivers
State re-ordered fresh governorship election, Dakuku Peterside, being
declared the winner of that election,” the cleric, who reportedly
predicted the emergence of Bukola Saraki as Senate President, was quoted
as saying.
Removal from office could be said to be the least of
the troubles Fayose battled in 2016. He ensured that the tenure of the
19 APC lawmakers ended without achieving their aim to remove him from
office. Once the state House of Assembly became populated with members
of his party after the legislative election, he heaved a sigh of relief.
It
was the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Department of
State Services that tasked his political and physical strength. Besides,
his open and continued criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration became one of his major focuses in 2016.
It is not also contestable that Governor Nyesom Wike of the PDP is still in charge of Rivers State.
Buhari may be killed – Father Mbaka
Controversial
Catholic Priest, Reverend Fr. Ejike Mbaka, warned of the possibility of
some masterminds of corruption killing President Muhammadu Buhari in
2016.
Mbaka spoke while delivering his prophetic messages at the Adoration Ground, Enugu State.
He
said, “Many people are planning, as it is revealed, to kill Buhari.
There are many plans on how to eliminate his life so that corruption,
embezzlement will continue.” But throughout 2016, there were no reports
of plots to kill the President. So far, the President is hale and
hearty. Also, the cleric said the President would expose names of
looters.
He said, “By the end of this year, Buhari will expose the
names of the people who looted money meant for our roads. What we are
suffering now is the resultant effect of the last malignant
administration that was intrinsically corrupt. What we are suffering now
arose from past administration.
But the Lord says there is
hope. Many people are going to suffer. We should all get ready. But
after the suffering, we will all smile.”
Last year, President Buhari
did not reveal names of those who looted the country’s funds. Many
Nigerians had expected the President to reveal the identities of public
officials from whom stolen public funds were recovered. Instead,
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo explained that the government did not name
the looters because doing so would jeopardise ongoing investigations.
Osinbajo may go missing after a meeting — Kasali
Like
other clerics, the General Overseer of the Hour of Mercy Prayer
Ministry, Prophet Muyideen Kasali, unveiled some of his prophecies for
the year 2016, on January 10.
Kasali, who is a blind prophet, prophesied that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would go missing after leaving a meeting.
He
said, “Pray for Nigeria’s vice-president so that the enemies would not
triumph over him, and that he won’t get missing after leaving a
meeting.”
Nothing of such happened to the vice-president. In fact, many Nigerians have described Osinbajo as a workaholic.
In
2016, Osinbajo travelled round the country and attended several
meetings on behalf of the President. There were times he travelled to
two or three states in a day. He also went on many foreign trips.
Not on one occasion was Osinbajo reported to have gone missing after leaving a meeting.
Also, the cleric said the All Progressives Congress would split into four groups last year.
He
warned the party against mismanaging the electoral success it attained
in the 2015 general elections. According to him, the APC after becoming
too proud and drunk with success, will eventually crumble at the
federal level and split into four groups.
He said, “This year, 2016,
will be a year of many political crises. APC will split into four
groups, and there will no longer be unity among them. They will be over
bloated; too much success will destroy the party.”
The Queen of England may die — Iginla
In
January 2016, the General Overseer of Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet
Joshua Iginla, an Abuja-based pastor, released his predictions for the
New Year. Unlike other clerics, Iginla’s predictions cut across various
countries. Many of his predictions about Nigeria were correct. In fact,
he warned that the country would experience economic recession and that
is the current situation in the county now. But on his foreign
predictions, one of the most controversial of them was that the Queen of
England may die.
He said, “The Queen of England should pray for her health. I see strong challenge and should pray to see the end of the year.”
Apart from a cold during Christmas, the Queen had a spectacular 90th birthday celebration in the year.
Similarly, Iginla also said a major stampede at a religious gathering in Zambia would claim lives.
He
said, “I see a major stampede in a major programme that will be held by
a major man of God in the country of Zambia. It will claim lives. The
prophet should work on his crowd control unit so that he won’t be
accused of using people for rituals while his hands are clean.”
Last
year, Zambia did not record any ‘major’ stampede at a religious
gathering. Instead, it was in India that a major stampede at a religious
gathering occurred.
El-rufai should revoke preaching law or die — Suleiman
Following
the furore that greeted the proposed religious preaching bill by the
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Apostle Johnson Suleiman
of the Omega Fire Ministry declared that the governor should revoke the
bill or die.
Though Suleiman’s pronouncement could not be classified
as a prophecy, its weight made it controversial since it amounted to a
spiritual decree. It also generated a lot of reactions on social media.
During a service, Suleiman expressed distaste over the bill, noting that such amounted to suppressing the freedom of religion.
He
said, ‘‘I am not against sanitising the state. But you say people
should get licence for preaching, it is not applicable in Nigeria. Even a
herbalist does not get a licence for practising herbalism. When you say
licence for preaching, you are standing against the constitution that
gives freedom of worship. There are certain laws that cannot happen in
this country. Not when Nigeria is under God. If need be, heaven will
intervene over this matter. I am saying this to the Executive (Governor)
of Kaduna State, revoke this law or die.’’
In his reaction
to the declaration, the governor said he was sure to die someday but
challenged the cleric to name the day he would die.
The governor
noted, “I have not seen anyone talking about Islam actually. Most of the
people that say I would die, as if I would not die, are people who call
themselves Christian clergymen. Of course, I will die. If that apostle
is truly an apostle, he should mention the day I will die.’’
The
state government has not revoked the bill though the noise over it has
abated. But el-Rufai is still living despite non-revocation of the bill.
Among
his predictions last year, Suleiman predicted that except Americans
prayed, President Barack Obama would seek third term with a likelihood
of the presidential elections not holding.
The cleric said, ‘‘If Americans don’t pray, there will be no election in 2016 as Obama wants a third term.”
Clearly,
there was no such case of desire for tenure elongation by Obama. The
presidential election held and a winner emerged in person of the
Republican Party candidate, Donald Trump.
Obama did not only
concentrate on smooth transition of power, he also campaigned for his
party’s (Democratic Party) candidate, Hillary Clinton, who lost to
Trump. At no time, before or during the electioneering was any issue
about seeking third term in office raised.
New STD to emerge — Adeboye
The
revered cleric and General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on January 1, also gave prophecies for the
New Year.
About Nigeria, he said things were likely to get tougher
before they got better but things would get better before the end of
last year. He also said international natural disasters, floods, fires,
earthquakes were likely to get progressively worse, until governments
realised that these were part of divine judgments against those who pass
ungodly laws.
Aside prophesying that a major war would be
averted this year, Adeboye added that a new sexually transmitted disease
would surface in 2016.
Last year, there were no reports of any new
sexually transmitted disease. The only virus which made headlines last
year was Zika virus.
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first
discovered in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys through a network that monitored
yellow fever. It was later identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and
the United Republic of Tanzania. Outbreaks of Zika virus disease have
been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.
On
social media, several reactions trailed Adeboye’s prophecy on new
sexually transmitted disease. There were arguments about whether or not
the prophecy came to past.
An anonymous person wrote, “It’s almost
the end of the year and we are yet to see the newly minted sexually
transmitted disease that Daddy G.O promised us. And no, Ebola doesn’t
count. Ebola has been sexually transmitted in Africa for years.”
Besides, things were tough in 2016 for Nigerians as the country faced an economic recession.
Source: PunchNG