Last year top Nigerian pastors made several prophecies. Why some of them came to pass,
some of them didn’t. Punch Newspaper dogged deep into some of those prophecies that didn’t
come to pass. See them below Aregbesola will be abducted — Olabayo The founder of the Evangelical Church of Yahweh,
Theophilus Olabayo, predicted late 2013 that
Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola risked
being kidnapped in the New Year of 2014. Olabayo, who prophesied in his 2014 Book of
Predictions that a South-West governor would be
kidnapped, told a national newspaper (not THE
PUNCH) during an interview to expatiate on the
predictions that the governor could also be killed. He said, “Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State
has to be watchful so that they will not kidnap
and kill him in the New Year. He has to be very
careful so that he can survive the year.”
However, the governor was not killed in the year
and no attempt to kidnap him was recorded. 2014, Nigeria’s year of economic boom — Olusegun For Akiode Olusegun who is the General
Overseer of the Ogun State-based Divine
Ministries International, 2014 would be a year of
economic surplus for Nigeria. He had specifically
noted among other predictions that “2014 is a
year of economic growth for Nigeria.’’ It was number 24 of the 33 predictions made by the
pastor for the year. Last year was, however, everything but
financially buoyant for Nigeria. The decline in the
price of crude oil affected the government to the
extent that the Minister of Finance and the
Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, outlined government’s austerity measures aimed at cushioning the impact of the
oil slump on the economy. Olusegun further said in number 30 of the
prediction outline that, “Some notable people will
commit suicide by drinking poison to escape
hammer from government.’’ Rather than this,
Nigerians only witnessed a higher level of
impunity from individuals in government circles. Presidential ticket will split APC — Suleiman Apostle Johnson Suleiman, who is the founder
and Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries
Worldwide, was also among the clerics who
predicted major occurrences in 2014. He had said
the contest for the presidential ticket to select the
individual who would be the standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress for next month’s
election would split the party. However, the
opposition political party managed the primary
election so well that the eventual winner and
former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, was
congratulated by fellow opponents. Buhari contested the primary election against
Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, former
Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, Imo State
Governor, Rochas Okorocha and the Publisher,
Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah. Suleiman also said, “I saw a colonel in the military
trying to stage a coup but he will fail.’’ Such a
development did not happen in 2014. Another prophecy of his that, “I see CBN printing
high denomination naira notes this year,’’ also
never materialised in 2014. Chibok girls will return unhurt — T.B Joshua Popular Pastor Temitope Joshua, the General
Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations
with headquarters in Lagos is one cleric who
regales his followers with predictions which
they claim come to pass. In a two-minute, 55 seconds video clip on
tbjoshuawatch, TB Joshua, as he is popularly called, said, “Unless I’m not called by God, I place
my career and calling on the line that these 200
schoolchildren and girls that were kidnapped
have to be released immediately, unharmed and
unhurt.” The video quoted Joshua as saying this
on May 3, 2014. More than seven months after, the girls have yet
to be released. The few who reportedly escaped
had told the world of the sufferings and assaults
they underwent in the hands of Boko Haram
insurgents. ‘Missing Malaysian plane ‘ll be found’ Joshua was also said to have declared to his
congregation on March 15, 2014 that the missing
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 would be found.
In the same video clip, with “SCOAN Live
Prophetic Service” on its scroll bar, Joshua said,
“There is a big controversy going on in the world about the missing Malaysian plane. They don’t
know where the plane is. I’m the only minister, if
not only me, that God used to speak about this
issue. But the whole thing is coming to an end.
The whole thing has come to an end, in the sense
that they would discover the plane, they would discover the particles, everything would end any
moment from now. So, this coming week, we are
not going to be talking about it again, rather the
families concerned would know their fate.” The Malaysian plane is yet to be found. ‘Write off Ebola Virus Disease’ In another video clip reportedly recorded in
August 2014, the synagogue preacher declared
that Ebola would be a ‘write-off’. He said, “People
of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are released.
The whole thing is (a) write-off. The life we have
been living before now, we are back to that (sic).” While Nigeria has since been declared Ebola-free,
the dreaded disease has killed over 8,000 people
and infected over 20,000 mainly in Guinea,
Liberia, and Sierra Leone. And it is still raging. ‘There will be terror attack in UK’ According to tbjoshuawatch, “On August 29,
2014, the UK’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre
changed the UK threat level from international
terrorism from substantial to severe. Two days
later, Joshua predicted a terror attack in the UK
sometime between the middle and end of September.” No terror attack was launched on the UK in the
said year. Nigeria will do well in Brazil — Olubode Prophet Michael Olubode of the Celestial Church of
Christ is another seer who reels out predictions
to Nigerians at the twilight of every year, giving
them a glimpse into the coming year. Writing on his website, Olubode said, “Nigeria
will perform exceedingly well in this year’s
World Cup but the Super Eagles will not win the
cup. This is how the breakdown of how the
game will look like: The Iranian team will either
draw with Nigeria or place the Super Eagles in a qualifying state on the game to be played on June
16, 2014. Then, Nigeria will record impressive
victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina on June
21 and another victory against the Argentina
team on June 25.” The 2014 World Cup outing has been the worst
for Nigeria. Nigeria crashed out after losing 0-2 to
France in the second round. Although they
played a goalless draw with Iran and won only
one match, a 1-0 win against Bosnia and
Herzegovina, the Eagles lost 3-2 to Argentina in the group stages. ‘Nigerian will win world class beauty peagent’ Olubode also said, “It has been revealed to me
that in the latest news of BBC and CNN, Nigeria
will once again be announced as the winner of
one of the world class beauty contests this year. I
advise stakeholders and lovers of Nigeria to pray
well that this great expectation will come to pass. Many nations will envy and respect Nigeria for
this.” This did not happen. ‘Buhari, Atiku will be abducted’ “I see Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice-President
under Obasanjo, taken captive with the
unfortunate politicians to suffer and possibly die
over the coming crisis in the country. He will,
however, be saved miraculously from the pangs
of death and torture. The crisis will not spare the ex-head of State, Muhammadu Buhari. He will be
taken with some Nigerian politicians this year at
his residence while dinning and winning and
enjoying himself with his guests,” Olubode also
said. This also did not come to pass. Neither Abubakar
nor Buhari was attacked or kidnapped. Similarly, Olubode said, a country that is least
expected will win the World Cup. This too did not come to pass as Germany who
had earlier won the tournament three times lifted
the coveted trophy for the fourth time in Brazil. US will overrun Syria — Ayodele Founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke-
Afa, Isolo, Lagos, Primate Babatunde Elijah
Ayodele is also renowned for his prophecies. He
said about 2014: “President Jonathan needs to be prayerful as
there are plans by the international community to
embarrass his government. America will take
over Syria no matter what. The President of Syria
may be killed if he is not careful, as many nations
would rise against him. The Emir of Qatar will be troubled by reforms.” Syria is still in the throes of a bloody civil war,
while some parts of it have been overrun by the
terrorist group, ISIS. The US has yet to take over
the country. Also, the President of Syria is very
much alive, while Qatar has remained trouble-
free. Akpabio will lose office — Ituen Founder and Spiritual Leader of CDM-Christ
Deliverance Ministries Inc. Lagos, Prophet Ekong
Ituen prophesied that Akwa Ibom State would
have a change of government in the outgone
year. He said, “Akwa Ibom State will soon have a
change of government through the court of law
as earlier predicted. I am urging the governor to
put his office and documents in order in
preparation for a new government. I advise the
good people of my state to keep their faith alive and watch out God in action. It may take a little
but I am confident because it is obvious in the
spirit that your governor will not complete his
tenure in office. Governor Godswill Akpabio
should put his office and documents in order in
preparation for a new governor.” This was never so. Up till now Akpabio still holds sway as the
governor of the state. Mr. Bola Ilori, a public commentator, told SUNDAY
PUNCH that some clergy men often speak in
parables. He said, “There are some men of God who
instead of being blunt couch their predictions in
parables hence they are neither here nor there.
Some people have, however, labelled these
people as being smart in their predictions. “One which came to mind is the one given by
Oyewole before the 1983 general elections. He
was asked who would become Nigeria’s next
president. He told his interviewers that the name
of the winner is in the Old Testament of the Holy
Bible. The supporters of Chief Obafemi Awolowo were quick to jump to conclusion that it was
Awolowo, as his Christian name was Jeremiah.
When the results were released, Shehu Shagari
won. When accused of making a wrong
prediction, Oyewole disagreed. He told them that
the name Shamgar was in the Bible stating the book, chapter and verse.” Ayodele, also explained that misconceptions
occurred because of people’s poor knowledge
about prophesy. He said, “Nigerians don’t understand when a man
of God speaks. We should not blame many men
of God who said things in the past that did not
come to pass. Everything is in the hands of God.
He is the one who has the final say about
everything that happens.” Similarly, Olubode, while responding to one of the
persons who faulted some of his prophecies
posted online that, “I just want you to know that
I am not a prophet appointed to compete for a
medal. I am not also expected to deliver accurate
prophecy all the time, but all these imperfection has (sic) not also disqualified me from being a
prophet of God. For we know in part and we
prophesy in part, but when completeness comes,
what is in part disappears. Many are of the view
that a prophet must be perfect in his vision all the
time, this is not so.” Speaking on the issue, Director of Studies, United
Bible University, Lagos, Prof. Kunle Macaulay,
described clergymen making predictions as
uninformed. He added that the era of prophecy
had long gone. He said, “Our people do not know that the
ministry of prophets has ended. We are now in
the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The beginning of
prophecy was when the elders of Israel
demanded for a king to judge them (1 Samuel .
Those who still prophesy do not have the required spiritual knowledge. The prophecies
they are making will not come to pass once they
are not from God.’’ Macaulay, who likened predictions to guesswork
and psychology, noted that whatever did not
emanate from God would not come to pass.

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