Politics
Tinubu’s victory: Obidients resort to prophecies, keep hope alive
Propelled by the philosophy of existentialism, ‘Obidients’, supporters of Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in last month’s election are now hinging their hopes on prophecies to unturn the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory.
To Obidients, it would only take a little while for Peter Obi to reclaim his victory.
One of the prophecies Obidients have benchmarked their hope on is that of Bishop Feyi Daniels, senior pastor and founder of IReign Christian Family.
The Cleric had prophesied that after the 2023 presidential election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu, would falsely be announced the winner, and Peter Obi would cry and challenge the results.
He further stated that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would be announced as interim President.
Speaking to his members on February 19, the pastor said Tinubu would be arrested by the military on the day of his swearing-in.
He further explained that following a court ruling, the Labour Party presidential candidate would succeed Osinbajo as the substantive President.
Also, the General Overseer of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, had a few weeks before the election and said an “Angel of God” told him that the name of Nigeria’s next President is in the Bible.
Oyakhilome said the candidate is scared of winning but doesn’t want to lose.
“Then, in the spirit, the third candidate feared winning. He didn’t want to lose, but he was scared of winning. Then I prayed, Lord, give him wings to fly! His name is in the Bible,” the clergyman said
Of the three presidential candidates, only ‘Peter’ who represents the Labour Party, is in the Bible.
Also speaking on the 2023 election. Pastor Isaiah Wealth of Gospel Pillars Church also prophesied that Peter Obi will be President.
According to him, the Lord has provided and opened a door for Peter Obi and no man can shut it.
He said God said he will create confusion in his opponent’s midst and Peter Obi will emerge victorious
“I saw lightning strike on the nation. I saw a celebration. I saw Nigeria white. I saw everybody celebrating, finally we have a good person in the presidency,” he said.
Also, Pastor Kingsley Okwuwe stated that Peter Obi will be sworn in as President of Nigeria in 2023 but it will not happen on May 29 2023.
He stressed that God is preparing Yemi Osinbajo for the interim government.
“Peter Obi is the perfect will of God. God has put some quality in him to lift Nigeria from falling. Nigeria is at the verge of falling but God has prepared Peter Obi to lift Nigeria from falling.
“I said in June 2022 Nigerians should expect an interim government. The government is an extension of the Buhari government and they will hand over to Peter Obi. There is going to be a military intervention,” he stated.
Reacting to the different prophecies, some supporters of Peter Obi had this to say on Twitter;
@T_akinpade, Tinubu and APC are trying so hard to stop the prophecy from happening, so they’re trying to destroy evidence that will make Peter Obi win in court. The more they try to run away from the prophecy the more they fulfill the prophecy.
@OgeFavourUche1, Dear Father in heaven, even if no prophecy is fulfilled in my life, no problems. But you see the one that will make Peter Obi recover our stolen mandate, let it fulfill speedily cos the earnest expectations of millions of Nigerian youths awaits the manifestation. It is done.
@_Samisamuel_, “We wait on this prophecy Lord. We know it’s only POssible in a new Nigeria, and the only one who preaches this message of new Nigeria is our real elected President. Please Lord don’t let your word fall into the ground, do it for us. @PeterObi remains my President.
@Paulopalmeer, Get ready for the worst. It’s going to be a long year. The prophecy is writing itself out. Peter obi will be the next President by the third half of the year. Pin this tweet.
@henry_odenigbo, There would be an interim government, Osibanjo might head that interim government before the people’s President
@PeterObi will be sworn in. Mark my words.
@iyke_nwabuk, He said BAT would rig and be declared the winner. Tinubu would buga, He bugad when he was given a certificate of return. Peter Obi would Cry,he cried today during his press conference .
@kanayoz, Peter Gregory Obi will be the first president of Nigeria that will get his mandate from the supreme court, after serious revote of the people, the intervention of the army and a set of interim government committee to be in place, Tinubu will not be sworn in, be rest assured.
However, in a chat with a cleric, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, former spokesman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, he said Nigerians should allow the court to take its full course.
He stated that the essence of all the flying prophecies about the election’s outcome would come alive in due time.
Oladeji also condemned the ‘politicisation’ of prophecies by clerics in the country.
”God does not think the way we think. His ways are not our ways. We don’t know if what these prophets are saying is right until the process ends.
”We can’t say they are telling lies for now until at the end of the court processes. There is a prophet that predicted that Tinubu will win and people are not talking about that one. We have to wait for the end of the process. The court process has just started.
”As a Christian and clergy, we have heard those who prophesied that Tinubu, Obi and Atiku will win. The contradiction now means that it is not all of them that are hearing from God.
”We have some of them doing copyright. When they hear that one prophet has said this and they realise that people believe it, they copy it and behave like it is their own to attract a crowd to their pages. On social media, the more crowd you have or your traffic, the more money into your pocket. Until the whole process is complete, we can’t say who is wrong and who is right. I only condemn the politicisation of prophecy.
”If God says something to you, try and say it to your church not to the world because a lot of people who don’t know how God operates will be confused.
”For now it is too early to call any pastor fake. My message to Nigerians is that let the will of God be done. Whether we like it or not, politicians will rig. In the developed world, they don’t focus on who wins the election, they focus on the process.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced plans to phase out the Permanent Voter Cards, PVC.
INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs, held at the INEC Conference Room, Abuja on Thursday.
This was part of the identified 142 recommendations released by the Commission which deals with the general state of preparedness, voter management, voter education and public communication, political parties and candidate management.
Other areas of recommendation include electoral operations and logistics management, election officials and personnel, partnership and collaboration, monitoring and supervision, election technology, voting and result management, election security, electoral offences and the electoral legal framework.
The Chairman said there are eight recommendations among the 142 which require legislative action by the National Assembly.
“The Commission also believes that with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, the use of the Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVC, as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on Election Day should be reviewed.
He, however, said that those who already have the Permanent Voter Cards can still use them to vote.
He added, “But going forward, computer-generated slips issued to the voter or even downloaded from the Commission’s website will suffice for voter accreditation. ”
Yakubu said this new development will save costs and further eliminate the issues around the collection of Permanent Voter Cards.
He also said the practice of buying up the Permanent Voter Cards from voters to disenfranchise them, would be reduced.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the National Assembly to urgently revisit the current electoral laws and processes to enhance their efficiency, transparency, and credibility, aligning them with global best practices.
In a statement on Monday, Atiku cited the recent elections in Ghana as a model for necessary amendments that would eliminate ambiguities in the electoral process.
Atiku emphasised that the National Assembly should revise the laws to empower the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deliver elections that are transparent, quick, and credible.
He noted that the swift declaration of results in Ghana, where contestants received results by Sunday morning after a Saturday election, underscores the importance of incorporating efficient technology into the electoral process.
The statement read in part: “The recently concluded presidential election in Ghana, our next-door neighbour, presents a wake-up call to INEC and the National Assembly on the need to review our electoral process and make it more efficient, transparent, credible and in line with best practices across the world. There is a need for INEC to embrace technology and make it help the process.”
The PDP chieftain argued that any practices that allow manual conduct of elections or hinder real-time result upload on the IREV system must be eradicated, proposing that elections failing to meet these technological standards should be declared null and void.
“Any excuse that still allows some officials to conduct elections manually or gives the impression that results cannot be uploaded in real-time on the IREV should be eliminated. Any election that does not meet the technology threshold should be nullified,” he said.
Atiku stressed the need to discourage any attempts to sabotage technology to manipulate results.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a former spokesman, Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Segun Sowunmi, has said that the former vice president is yet to respond to his question on whether he (Atiku) is contesting for the presidency again.
Although the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has not declared his intention to join the 2027 presidential race, his body language looks like one who’s warming up to try for the third consecutive time.
However, Sowunmi told Channels Television that the 2023 presidential candidate is still in a reflective mood.
Atiku Abubakar is one man I love with my bones. The heart will declay quickly but the bone is the last thing that will declay.
“I have asked him twice, ‘are you running? Are you done? If you are running, what do we do with this structure? If you’re not done we have to do something different’.
“We can’t be doing the same thing and expect a different result on two different occasions with gaps.
“I’m a good man to have even asked him the third time. He was quiet, he was still in a reflective mood. He’s not said ‘no’, he’s not said ‘yes’ and I respect that.
“Any sensible person should know that the burden of election is heavy. No human being that has had the kind of experience, challenges and even the kind of betrayal Atiku has endured should not reflect deeply before saying ‘I’m going to run’.
“I don’t do guess work. I’ve asked him twice, he didn’t answer. When he answers, whatever answer he gives, we’ll take it to the next level.”
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