*I just read the below on Facebook...

According to a report in Sahara Reporters, the Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, says many Nigerian pastors get away with fake prophecies because their members fail to challenge them when the prophecies don’t come true.

Whilst his assertion remains true, I think it pertinent to note that Bakare is not in the best position to give tips of the prophetic - given his own record of wrong predictions.

In October 2006, Bakare said - according to an article in Punch Newspaper - “Let me tell you the truth by the Spirit of God, neither (President Olusegun Obasanjo), OBJ, Atiku (Abubakar), IBB and this tall one, (Muhammadu) Buhari are part of the new. They are part of the old that is decaying. That old one is passing away. The new is emerging and these ones are not part of that new.’ “

Intriguingly, he was a Vice Presidential candidate to Buhari in 2011 and the 'old' now rests atop the seat of power in Nigeria.

Further back in March 1999, Bakare prophesied President Olusegun Obasanjo's impending death.

"In a vision, I eavesdropped on the conversation going on in the Heaven. I saw Jesus on the throne called the seat of the Governor and the subject they were discussing was Nigeria. This was what came out of the lips of the Lord: 'Obasanjo is not your messiah. He is King Agag and the prophetic axe will fall upon his head before May 29.' "

OBJ, as we all know, ruled Nigeria for two terms - even trying to take the reins on a third occasion - and is still alive and still making public commentary on Nigeria currently.

My point is very simply this - I don't think Bakare should pick such a topic in his sermons as it only highlight his own past prophetic failings.

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