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Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Godsonkemz(m): 8:20pm On Aug 14
He was never a pastor but a babalawo hiding under church as pastor for the sake milking his congregation, who has decided to reveal his true identity.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Eboofa: 8:22pm On Aug 14
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Kemetian: 8:30pm On Aug 14
Godsonkemz:
He was never a pastor but a babalawo hiding under church as pastor for the sake milking his congregation, who has decided to reveal his true identity.
AWWWW... POOR BABY.

HE IS ANGRY THAT HIS FELLOW AFRICAN HAS OPENED HIS EYES AND STOPPED WORSHIPPING THE COLONISERS' FAKE WHITE BLONDE MAN AS HIS ''LORD AND SAVIOUR''.

CRY MORE...YOU WANT SOME TISSUE?

BETTER GO AND BUY MORE TISSUE TO KEEP, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

MORE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by xtianchris(m): 8:37pm On Aug 14
DoWhatThouWilt:
Those lowkey babalawo pastors you talked about rarely read scriptures where jesus made it clear that the life of a christian na so so suffer and wahala.

They pick old testament scriptures to tickle the ears of their members of how God will make their life as sweet as honey and flowing with milk with continuous manna blessing from heaven.

Even if a pastor decides to tell his members the truth that Christians are going to suffer in this world, nobody will attend that church.

What most Christians (Most especially those from I beta pass my neighbour country) want is a church that looks like hogwarts school of magic.....With harry potter and dumbledore as their pastor. grin
DUMBLEDORE'S HOUSE 😁
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Thugger0147: 8:38pm On Aug 14
All man with him beliefs...🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
What to do....🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Oceanjagaban: 8:44pm On Aug 14
only Olabanjo know wetin him pass through....
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Great9japikin: 8:46pm On Aug 14
Is he not one of the fake bishops?
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Elliotwaveforec: 8:47pm On Aug 14
Way to go! Isese is our culture and tradition, not a religion. Judaism is the culture and tradition of the Jews; Islam is the culture and tradition of the Arabs.

@MSBABA, @Olowoeko, good job.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by obama30: 8:55pm On Aug 14
CabinBiskeet:
Source:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/14/popular-nigerian-pastor-abandons-christianity-turns-babalawo/
He should also return every Kobo he makes from church to the new church leaders.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by jaxxy(m): 8:59pm On Aug 14
All these ones have reduced their god to an ethnic deity or identity from and for a local cultural group with no world/universal scope or identity. The concept of that belief already makes it just one of the many man made traditional beliefs with no long or truly tested historical footprint or relevance.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by merits(m): 9:02pm On Aug 14
The hussle is real anywhere money dey
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by temi2008: 9:17pm On Aug 14
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by xxgig(m): 9:19pm On Aug 14
tragergeorge:
where this one pass take popular
This is the question the OP should be answering
If a rating of top 1000 Nigeria Pastors is done, he likely won't be on the list.
I pray he finds his way back to God.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by higgs: 9:27pm On Aug 14
Congratulations to him.There is freedom of religion
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by AntiisIam(m): 9:58pm On Aug 14
doffman:
This one has japa .

, when will you japa nah ? 🤣
Na the same way one alfa abandoned islam turn babalawo
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by peacenow: 10:40pm On Aug 14
He was a Baba Alawo from the beginning, he just came out clean. Trust some pastors at your peril.

At least, he has taken his stand.
Now, we have a minus one from the numbers of Pastor-lawo existing in Nigeria and abroad.

We have a lot of Pastor-Balist, this is how God will be exposing them.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by MrCaesar: 10:42pm On Aug 14
Na hunger cause this one 😂
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by JESUSson345: 11:15pm On Aug 14
U were never a pastor
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Kingzjayzee: 11:21pm On Aug 14
That one no pay well again. So he decided to switch to the other side. Call it business re-strategization and you wouldn't be too far from the truth
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Kobojunkie: 11:24pm On Aug 14
CaseSensitive:
➜Straight fact. Jesus himself practiced Judaism till his death.
➜ It was his 'disciples' that deitified him. They viewed and worshipped him as divine thus identified him with God.
➜ Wetin concern an African man with Jewish religion/culture. We've truly missed our ways.
Jesus Christ of Israel in the Bible NEVER practiced Judaism in His life. He is famously recorded to have railed against the priests and Rabbis of his time, hurling curses their way. undecided

2. Jesus Christ of Israel, at least 3 times, said He would die and rise from the grave to rule over death for eternity. And he did not; after he rose and then ascended, something no man before him has ever been able to do of their own power. Yeah, according to the report, it was not his disciples who did that. 🥱

3. You are right that a true-blooded Nigerian shouldn't concern himself with an Israelite whose God sent Him only to Israelites. But I think such a Nigerian should be concerned with the spate of ritual killings and kidnappings that have become a regular occurrence in Nigeria, with the rise in those embracing traditional religions. It reflects something about the religion that has yet to be broadly addressed. 🥱
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Kobojunkie: 11:30pm On Aug 14
jaxxy:
➜All these ones have reduced their god to an ethnic deity or identity from and for a local cultural group with no world/universal scope or identity.
➜ The concept of that belief already makes it just one of the many man made traditional beliefs with no long or truly tested historical footprint or relevance.
But that is what most of those deities were. Most deities had no world/universal scope or identity. It is the same with the Greek gods, the Egyptian gods, the Danish gods, the God of Israel, the Hindu Gods, etc. All of them were limited to a certain people or ethnic group. 🥱

2. I don't believe it does! 🥱🥱
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by olaeffect(m): 11:33pm On Aug 14
CabinBiskeet:
Nice one. At least he was honest and made public his decision, unlike some well known pastors of today who are lowkey babalawo.

The truth is if you are looking for the following:

1. quick miracles
2. financial prosperity
3. fire from heaven to burn all your enemies
4. sucess in all of your endeavours

Then please Kindly look for a babalawo to introduce you to a local deity to serve and worship because Christianity will never give you that.

The Bible makes it very clear that the life of a Christian is full of hardships, trials, and sacrifices. Jesus Himself told His followers that living for Him would not be an easy path.



Christian life is not for ''everybody'', that is why jesus said For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
So why is it that the babalawo's don't have those 4 things you mentione?
I mean if babalawo's give pastors power for miracles, prosperity, fire from above e.t.c why can't any babalowo do miracles, call fire from heaven, or build a mega shrine 😁
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Kobojunkie: 11:36pm On Aug 14
Elliotwaveforec:
➜Way to go! Isese is our culture and tradition, not a religion.
➜ Judaism is the culture and tradition of the Jews;
➜ Islam is the culture and tradition of the Arabs.
... good job.
It is definitely a religion, given that it is not a constitutional law or a political system. 🥱

2. Judaism is a religion, not a culture. If by Judaism you instead mean Jewishness, then that is an ethnicity like Yoruba or Hausa. 🥱

3. Islam is a political system that hides itself as a religion. It is not Arab culture, which existed long before Islam was invented and used to colonize and enslave a significant portion of Africa to this day. 🥱
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by jaxxy(m): 11:53pm On Aug 14
Kobojunkie:
But that is what most of those deities were. Most deities had no world/universal scope or identity. It is the same with the Greek gods, the Egyptian gods, the Danish gods, the God of Israel, the Hindu Gods, etc. All of them were limited to a certain people or ethnic group. 🥱

2. I don't believe it does! 🥱🥱
yes for greek, romans, egyptians and other small g gods and im happy none of them ever claimed to have a univeral origin or scope. Infact the greeks call their mythology cos they know for certian they are not real so atleast they are honest and nobody worships any greek gods in greece.

However some delusional traditionalist worship their myth gods.

But to clarify the biblical God had not ethinic origins from Adam the 1st man and its modern era and beliefs are still not ethnic but about All people becoming Gods people.

Inbetween these periods there might be a claim to ties to an ethnic group but it also makes it clear that is not the original or final plan.

There is a complete and conciese but detailed history of events and plans for "All humanity" in both past, present and future.

Infact the ethnic group ties is almost left behind or discarded for the new and original order.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Kobojunkie: 12:13am On Aug 15
jaxxy:
➜yes for greek, romans, egyptians and other small g gods and im happy none of them ever claimed to have a univeral origin or scope. Infact the greeks call their mythology cos they know for certian they are not real so atleast they are honest and nobody worships any greek gods in greece.
➜ However some delusional traditionalist worship their myth gods.
➜ But to clarify the biblical God had not ethinic origins from Adam the 1st man and its modern era and beliefs are still not ethnic but about All people becoming Gods people. Inbetween these periods there might be a claim to ties to an ethnic group but it also makes it clear that is not the original or final plan. There is a complete and conciese but detailed history of events and plans for "All humanity" in both past, present and future.
➜ Infact the ethnic group ties is almost left behind or discarded for the new and original order.
1. The ancient Greeks did not regard their gods are myths. They believed their gods were real and wrote of them as such. Mythology instead refers to the traditions and stories told about the legends and poems told of their gods. undecided

2. The myths would be, as explained, the many legends and stories. And this is on the side. 🥱🥱

3. The particular God you refer to said He gave His name to the people He chose as His own. And to that bloodline alone he made his name and His covenants. That makes him a tribal God like the others. 🥱🥱

4. That only happened within your religious delusions, as not a single word from that God --- YHWH of Israel --- affirms any of what you claim. 🥱
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by wildernessVoice:
From Image of God Ministry to Image of Ifa ministry.
It's clear it was his stomach that called him and not God.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by jaxxy(m): 1:25am On Aug 15
Kobojunkie:
1. The ancient Greeks did not regard their gods are myths. They believed their gods were real and wrote of them as such. Mythology instead refers to the traditions and stories told about the legends and poems told of their gods. undecided

2. The myths would be, as explained, the many legends and stories. And this is on the side. 🥱🥱

3. The particular God you refer to said He gave His name to the people He chose as His own. And to that bloodline alone he made his name and His covenants. That makes him a tribal God like the others. 🥱🥱

4. That only happened within your religious delusions, as not a single word from that God --- YHWH of Israel --- affirms any of what you claim. 🥱
Greeks, roman or egyptians dont worship and zeus or any mythical gods. That should tell u they dont believe they are real..

Readn the bible and see where The hebrew God started creation there was nothing like israel or hebrew untill much later and also same bible state jesus coming not just for jews or israel but for All Mankind. And yes God said most of my claims cos i defintely didnt manufacture it from my head along with millions of other christian.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Kobojunkie: 1:34am On Aug 15
jaxxy:
➜Greeks, roman or egyptians dont worship and zeus or any mythical gods. That should tell u they dont believe they are real..
➜ Readn the bible and see where The hebrew God started creation there was nothing like israel or hebrew untill much later and also same bible state jesus coming not just for jews or israel but for All Mankind.
➜ And yes God said most of my claims cos i defintely didnt manufacture it from my head along with millions of other christian.
1. The ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, etc. worshipped their gods, and I explained the gods themselves were not considered mythical; rather, it was and still is the stories that were considered mythical. undecided

2. I have read that book over and over. Again, the book shows that He selected His people from the very beginning. He was of Adam and eventually of Noah, and then of Abraham(the Hebrew), and then moved on to handing His Covenant to the descendants of Jacob the Hebrew, whom He also gave His name to -- YHWH, God of Israel --- to. He may not have started from the beginning with a chosen ethnic group(no law stipulated He had to) to be considered an ethnic God. 🥱🥱

Most of the other tribal deities had similar stories. They had a more general beginning story and then later chose for themselves a people from among the peoples to call their own. 🥱

3. Wrong! He said absolutely nothing of what you claim, which was instead manufactured by way of your religious doctrines, which have nothing to do with what is in fact stated directly in Israelite Scripture. 🥱🥱
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by Deblow: 1:36am On Aug 15
Legend! He was frustrated out of Christianity and he didn't want to go the ritual way to make it like others. The tithe and offerings were not enough to put food on the table for himself and his family...
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by StoryHaven: 1:54am On Aug 15
What is popular about this one. How many can say they know him here on Nairaland. He never was a Christian. So nothing strange.
Re: Popular Nigerian Pastor Abandons Christianity, Turns ‘babalawo’ by CaseSensitive(m):
Kobojunkie:
Jesus Christ of Israel in the Bible NEVER practiced Judaism in His life. He is famously recorded to have railed against the priests and Rabbis of his time, hurling curses their way. undecided

2. Jesus Christ of Israel, at least 3 times, said He would die and rise from the grave to rule over death for eternity. And he did not; after he rose and then ascended, something no man before him has ever been able to do of their own power. Yeah, according to the report, it was not his disciples who did that. 🥱

3. You are right that a true-blooded Nigerian shouldn't concern himself with an Israelite whose God sent Him only to Israelites. But I think such a Nigerian should be concerned with the spate of ritual killings and kidnappings that have become a regular occurrence in Nigeria, with the rise in those embracing traditional religions. It reflects something about the religion that has yet to be broadly addressed. 🥱
Who's this genius again? lecturing me on Jesus's religion this time while getting basic history wrong. Theologians and even secular historians know he was a practicing Jew his whole life, that's not even a theological opinion, it's a fact you'd know if you read anything outside your own little echo chamber. Jesus recognized the divine authority of the Torah and aligned his life and ministry with it, he only redefined how people should understand and practice it. Jesus himself supposedly said in Matthew 5:17 that "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them"

And pivoting to blaming an entire religion and way of life for Nigeria's crime rate only proved the level of ignorance. Couldn't comprehend my choice of the word 'justify' yesterday and threw plenty tantrums about it, then a religion expert today. Just a few levels short of Dunning-Kruger, you're not there yet but you surely will be if you continue on this trajectory. Keep it up while I hope there will be a block button on this forum someday.
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