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My colleague at the office queried me for calling Johnson Suleiman “Apari”. Apari is a derogatory term for a bald man in the Yoruba language. I explained that it was intentional and I will use this post to shed some light on why.
I am not calling Suleiman “apari” because he is bald. That will be extremely petty of me and in any case, in a few years, I myself will likely be joining that club and so I know better than using a term that I will not like to be used on me.
I call Suleiman “apari” because I cannot bring myself to calling him an “apostle”. The apari is my caricature of his own type of apostle. If Suleiman is intent on bearing the title apostle, I choose to be kind enough to accord him the first two letter of the word (ap), while I add others of my own making (ari), thus we have: apari. It is simply incidental that he is bald and I will always be thankful to the anonymous comment on Nairaland that broached the idea to me.
Theologically, there are three ways to know who is not a man of God – what we will call a false prophet according to biblical terms. They are: 1. When a man prophesies and the prophecy fails, he is a false prophet (Deuteronomy 18:20-22). 2. When a man teaches false Bible doctrines, he is a false prophet (Galatians 1:6-9). 3. And when a man fails morally in a consistent manner, he is a false prophet (1John 3:9; 2Peter 2:14). Unfortunately, Apari Suleiman meets all of these standards and graciously surpasses them.
What brought the Apari to limelight were his New Year prophecies that were incredibly accurate at the onset. Gradually his prophesies began to miss the mark. The most celebrated being his prophesy that Goodluck Jonathan will be winning reelection to office in the 2015 Presidential Elections. The prophesy failed soundly and Buhari came to power. He had also said that El-Rufai will not be Governor. That one also failed.
Then he had a well publicized spat with the Kaduna State Governor that led him to declare that El-Rufai will die. The man is still alive and well. A few days ago, he declared that all those publishing news on him to bring him down would soon be discovered to be possessed of some evil spirits. That has also failed, with the result being an ever increasing number of allegations of the Apari’s philandering with other women besides Ms. Otobo. For this reason Suleiman is worse than a mere Apari, he is a false prophet.
Concerning the doctrine he preaches, Apari Suleiman is an unrepentant Pentecostal Prosperity preacher and he lives the message to the full. The number one sign of a true prosperity preacher is that he promises heavenly blessings to his devotees and in return the gullible ones give him their money in tithes, offering, prophet offerings, first fruits, etc. Suleiman sells the Christian faith for money and he lives large. This is the source of the alleged $76,000 car, houses and other unaccounted for gifts given to his female friends.
The Bible is clear about folks like him: 2 Peter 2:3 “And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.” He makes merchandise of the gospel and for this, he is not a mere Apari, he is a false prophet.
The allegations of sexual impropriety leveled against Suleiman are the least of the reason why I call the man Apari. To be certain these matters still remain allegations until they are proven true. But some of us know these men very well. They can use the money they have to buy the media and kill the story as the case was with Biodun Fatoyinbo, Chris Oyakhilome, and Sunday Adelaja. The allegations will simply fizzle out, Nigerians will forget and these men will return to business as usual. This is the reason why the biggest threat against these men’s reputation is not the conventional press but the unconventional ones, especially Facebook. How many of us can they bribe on Facebook? I hear that the Apari has instructed his church members to unfriend anyone criticizing him on Facebook.
Apari Suleiman started this whole matter and it has returned back to his backyard to roost. For me, the name “Apari” is just incidental. The real matter for me is that these allegations bring forth a new opportunity for those who can think to weigh the gospel they have believed within Pentecostal circles. What is abundantly clear is that Charismatic Pentecostal Prosperity theology and practice is on trial. Those who consider this doctrine to be true and regard Suleiman as an apostle will line up behind him, defend him, attack his critics and continue to give evil legitimacy. Those who think he is a fraud: a false prophet at worst and an Apari at best, will keep their distance from him, warn others and examine what they have believed in the light of scriptures.
These are the end times. The hallmark of these times will be prevalence of false prophets in the churches. The least thing to worry about wil notl be whether or not Suleiman should be called Apari. Rather we should labor to know those truly sent of God – the true apostles of the faith.

By Deji Yesufu

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U are not a Christian so stop insulting an apostle of God. Why are u filled with so much hatred and jealousy of d apostle and prosperous men of God? Plz keep ur derogatory insults to urself and respect ur bald head "apari"

spartan117:
U are not a Christian so stop insulting an apostle of God. Why are u filled with so much hatred and jealousy of d apostle and prosperous men of God? Plz keep ur derogatory insults to urself and respect ur bald head "apari"