Nigeria, I Prophesy is a book which title attracts, especially those who believe in prophesies and the spiritual world. Written under the pseudonym I Am James, it is a book that is bound to attract lots of attention and interests among readers. As it is with issue of prophesies people are bound to agree or disagree with the writer in the manner in which he put his case (prophesies) about Nigeria across.

In riveting over two hundred pages, James who claims to have had long meetings with those he refers to as “Guardian Angels”, tells of how many things about the country were revealed to him. For instance, in the chapter entitled ‘Buhari, Jonathan and a coup plotted in the spirit world’, he narrates his fear over the 2015 general elections before it was held. According to him, during all the cliff-hanger situation in which the country was embroiled in at the height of the collation of results for the presidential poll, he was busy communing with the ‘guardian angels’ to intercede to avert the crisis that he had foreseeing if things go awry.

He writes, “I soared in Spirit and was able to view the source of the demonic attack to which the whole country was subjected. I also saw that the aim was to unleash mayhem, shed blood of thousands of people that would die in the violence to ensue. To dissipate the dark clouds that had engulfed the whole country, I reached out to the Guardian Angels, the Lords, and other Messengers of the Holy Spirit in the Spirit Realms. Grace was sought and granted.”

The 2015 election crisis was averted and the country was saved the cataclysmic experience that would have followed if former President Goodluck Jonathan had refused to concede defeat to then candidate Muhammadu Buhari. And with the recent revelations by the Gen Abdulsalami committee about what transpired behind the scenes and what led to the decision the country was saved.

James did not in any way claim infallibility in his prophesies, as he writes “No one can see all of the future; you only see some high points.” Perhaps this may help readers to situate some of his prophesies about the country and its leadership. In writing about the what the administration of President Buhari would usher in for the country, a dispassionate reader would likely pinch himself and ask whether all the things listed to be achieved by the administration were meant to be done during the first term that is gradually inching to an end or what would be done at his second coming (that is if he wins the 2019 election)!

Does James possess the power of prescient? An answer to this is perhaps found in these words, “Most of those who clamoured for change and worked assiduously to bring the political change about will be victims of their own design. They will fall short of the spirit of newness that the people and the Lords demand and decree. The high and mighty will fall. The otherwise holy men and women will fall. The wise will fail themselves and their emptiness would be the sources of stand-up comedy. Their stories will be told in every home in Nigeria and abroad for a long time, as classic examples of human tragedy.” Haven’t many fallen? Remember the NYSC certificate forgery and none participation in the scheme that two ministers have been embroiled in?

The treatises spelt out in this book are many and the future of Nigeria that he paints is rosy and beggars belief of the cynic. But whether you agree with his views and what he sees as the country’s prospect is another thing. It is a book recommended for both optimists and cynics alike to have a glimpse into the mind of the writer and the future he thinks the country is heading for.

Source: The Nation http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-james-and-the-future/?fbclid=IwAR3maLNtUFHN7Sl3Yn-wb5ElwFWzoflqIFI-hffZ_rc2mDtTrzkvUXsTOLw