Everyone who observes Nigeria knows there is a large body of religious people and self-confessed prophets who hear, or claim to hear, the voice of God in political affairs.
The Nigerian who fascinates me in this regard is Moshood Ademola Fayemiwo, the Spiritual Head & Founder of The Jesus Christ Solution Center in Texas, United States.
Dr. Fayemiwo is an excellent writer. In addition to his books, he pens a regular column at Nigeriaworld.com. He had written remarkably prescient forecasts about electoral contests in Nigeria for some years, and in mid-2021, turned his attention to Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election.
The first of the two-part column, “NIGERIA 2023: WHO WILL BE THE SEVENTH PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA?” was published on June 21, 2021.
The writer revealed what God had told him about his plans for Nigeria in 2023, with comforting words about how the nation would flourish, within the context of exemplary leadership. “I have found a man in the land who will listen and obey Me. He will do all that I command him and change Nigeria for good forever,” are the words he said he received.
To that end, Fayemiwo dismissed several presidential hopefuls, including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Atiku Abubakar, and Bukola Saraki.
In the second part, he dismissed the hopes of one Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “If there is anyone who should be eminently qualified to govern Nigeria, Tinubu is!” he wrote. “But the True Lord God Almighty has rejected him as president of Nigeria for 2023.
WHY?
“…First, Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu has already [signed] a supernatural covenant or an agreement with a marine principality in Lagos State Nigeria. Thus says the Lord: “Woe to that man who puts his trust in idols and demons…
“The second reason came with another vision. Behold, we saw Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu being declared the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election by INEC. There was despondency in the land and Nigerians gathered in clusters, some jubilating, some distraught and others pensively outrageous. Then, the swearing-in-ceremony of [Tinubu] was announced, and many dignitaries assembled. Senator Olusola Adeyeye (APC-Osun Central) was the Master of Ceremony. Suddenly, a mighty fireball appeared in the sky and fell and there was pandemonium.”
“…Finally, and lastly, the Holy Spirit says, the hands of [Tinubu] are soiled with innocent blood…”
So who is the Nigerian who will restore and elevate Nigeria in 2023? Fayemiwo said he asked God the same question.
“He bears My Name, Emmanuel! He is Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, the current governor of Akwa Ibom State…I have chosen him to repair Nigeria’s broken walls. He will be there by My Power, Spirit and Strength. Under his leadership, Nigeria will change and change for better forever…”
“…Now behold, this day and year 2023, I, the Lord God Almighty, the Creator of the heavens and earth and all that is in them, have made you-Udom Gabriel Emmanuel-a fortified city, an iron pillar in Nigeria, and bronze walls against the whole land and nation known as Nigeria-against all opponents, enemies, adversaries and traducers and all antagonists in Nigeria…So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
In April 2022, Fayemiwo announced that he had been appointed Deputy Director-General of the Udom Gabriel Emmanuel Presidential Campaign Organization 2023.
Two significant things then followed. First, Atiku Abubakar, not Emmanuel, won the PDP primary. Udom was a distant fourth.
On the APC side, Tinubu won the primary. Writing in June 2022, Fayemiwo responded to those jubilating in Nigeria that the former governor of Lagos State would become the next president.
He declared: “This is not about me, but about what the Holy Spirit shows us. I don’t see Asiwaju Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu of the APC winning the 2023 Presidential Election and being sworn in as president.”
He warned: “A serious national crisis is about to occur that will shake Nigeria as a nation to its very foundation necessitating the intervention of the Nigerian military. This may lead the nation to an Interim National Government as our prophecies declare.”
On the eve of the election in February 2023, Fayemiwo wrote that INEC would officially declare Tinubu to have won the election. “A lot of drama is in the offing and a state of national giddiness is coming followed by a mini revolution,” he said. “The remaining elections may not be held, and an [interim government] is coming…”
Concerning the electoral commission and that “national giddiness,”he has been proved right, as Nigeria currently appears to be pregnant with something. But as the courts start to hear the election petitions tomorrow, is there a revolution and a constitutional crisis ahead?
On March 5, 2023, Fayemiwo published his boldest prophecies yet, headlined THE PLOTS TO MURDER PRESIDENT-ELECT BOLA AHMED TINUBU AND PRESAGED WORLD EVENTS. The elements range from poisoning of the “president-elect” to a military coup.
The writer suggested that those prospects may have been why Tinubu left the country soon after he was declared president-elect. “Thank God, [Tinubu] listened to God’s Voice and took to heart the prophecies we released in this column on Sunday March 05, 2023 …Smart man, he acted accordingly and left the country. He must now do three things and be sworn in on Monday May 29, 2023.”
Smart man? President in three weeks?
Thus, the prophet appears to have turned full circle from his prophecies of June 2021. Did Tinubu somehow subvert the will of God and overrun Udom’s destiny?
On April 17, Fayemiwo exposed “WHY AND HOW ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU AND THE APC WON THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,” portraying the APC candidate as having been very systematic and strategic in his approach.
Tinubu, according to this account, had “ingeniuously”chosen Kashim Shettima Mustapha as his running mate, thus winning the ethnic challenge. He had also shrewdly funneled money to the Labour Party, thus baiting Peter Obi into the race and setting the stage for Atiku and Obi to neutralize each other, to his advantage. And Tinubu spent money deeply and widely, including in the United States where he cornered the consultancy of “the masters”: such Barack Obama figures as David Axelrod, Daniel Howard Pfeiffer, and David Plouffe.
Fayemiwo drew attention to Tinubu’s generous use of money at home, “including the families of Chief MKO Abiola for eight years” when he was governor, and even the family of the late Yinka Odumakin, perhaps his fiercest critic. “The capacity to forgive and embrace political prodigals is a distinguishing hallmark of a good and kind-hearted leader and Asiwaju is an example,” the writer allowed.
Again, what happened? How did we move from “The True Lord God Almighty has rejected [Tinubu] as president of Nigeria for 2023,” to Tinubu being an example of a “good and kind-hearted leader” who listens to God? What about the June 2022 statement that Tinubu would not win or be sworn-in?
Did the Lord change his mind about Tinubu? If so, when and why? Or has he not? What about Udom Emmanuel of “this day and year 2023?”
How do we identify true prophets?
This column welcomes rebuttals from interested government officials.
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