Controversial cleric of the Synagogue Church
of All Nations, T.B. Joshua, on Sunday said he
told the outgoing Nigerian
president, Goodluck Jonathan, that he would
lose last week’s presidential election.
Mr. Joshua said he
sent his message to the President several
week before the election.
“I want to use this moment to congratulate
Nigerians in our midst here,” Mr. Joshua
began in a message to his multi-national
congregation, televised live via his Christian
network Emmanuel TV.
Alluding to his prediction a week to the
election that the dark cloud he saw covering
Nigeria was lifting, he said that a bloody ‘war’
would have ensued if not for the prompt
concession of power by President Jonathan.
“Look, Nigeria wanted change – everyone was
yearning for change. An attempt to stop
change leads to war, to a bloodbath… If
Nigeria knows what we have overcome, we
would dance,” Mr. Joshua said.
Mr. Joshua praised Mr. Jonathan’s tenure
insisting that he had served his nation well
despite the immense security challenges.
“I really want to salute President Jonathan.
The President has served; he has done his
best. It was just the season of crisis – and
unfortunately he found himself at the lead in
the season of crisis ,” he said.
The cleric said ‘God’ spoke to him with a
message for Mr. Jonathan several weeks
before the general elections.
He said God told him -“This message should
be delivered to your president, that whatever
the outcome of this election, his regime has
come to an end. He should accept to save the
lives of millions,” he told the congregation.
Mr. Joshua claimed he called Mr. Jonathan by
phone, adding that he had previously shared
with him many revelations about Nigeria
which eventually came to pass.
Insisting the seriousness of the revelation was
such that it had to be relayed personally so as
not affect votes, Mr. Joshua said Mr.
Jonathan promptly sent a close aide to meet
the cleric.
After the presidential aide had worshipped at
his church during a Sunday service, Mr.
Joshua said he met him and relayed the
revelation that Mr. Jonathan’s regime had
come to an end. “Soft landing – that is the
language I sent to the president,” he told
attendees.
Mr. Joshua described President Jonathan as a
man who ‘has a heart for God’, revealing that
he even spoke with the Nigerian president
shortly before his historic concession call to
President-elect Mr. Buhari.
“I said to him, ‘Your Excellency – all you need
to say is thank You, Jesus, even when it
seems there is nothing to be thankful for. He
said, ‘Thank you, man of God’. Before I knew
it, I saw the news on CNN that he had
congratulated his opponent ,” Mr. Joshua
said.
He prayed that people from the ‘South-South’
region in Nigeria where President Jonathan
hails from would understand that ‘their son
has become a hero’, adding that his actions
prove the region is after a united Nigeria.
Mr. Joshua reminded his congregants that he
had given a similar message in 2010 to
Laurent Gbagbo, the former President of Ivory
Coast.
“In a vision, I saw crisis – thousands of people
being killed in Ivory Coast – just because of
the outcome of the election,” he said to
congregants.
After sending the message across to the then
Ivorian leader, a delegation of government
figures and presidential aides was dispatched
to Nigeria.
“I told them that whatever the outcome of the
election – whether the popular or unpopular
voice of people – our President should
concede. His regime has come to an end,”
Joshua reminisced.
According to the cleric, Mr. Gbagbo had
personally called him regarding the prediction,
looking for an avenue to avert it and inviting
him to Ivory Coast. Joshua insisted that
nothing more could be done.
When Mr. Gbagbo refused to concede power to
Alassane Ouattara in the controversial 2010
elections, a bloody onslaught ensued leading
to the deaths of thousands and his eventual
incarceration and public disgrace.
Mr. Joshua also told his faithful how he had
personally warned MKO Abiola that God was
not backing his presidency in the ill-fated
Nigerian elections of 1993 despite
overwhelming public support in his favour.
He further recalled how, as a young man, he
met the former Governor of Lagos State, Lateef
Jakande, and told him that his beloved
daughter was close to the grave. Both
revelations came to pass, he said.
The cleric added that his prophetic ministry is
the reason he does not take sides in politics.
“That is why I don’t belong to any party. All
the parties are my own. I love everyone. If I
belong to this party and the message of God is
now against that party, how will I present it –
when no one knows the mind of God? It is
better I am free to deliver God’s message.”
He said that material gain was not his
mission and that no exchange of money can
be involved when it comes to spiritual matters
such as prophecy.
“I am a material to be used that will not cost
you any money. I am afraid to collect money
from you because if I collect it, it will affect
the gift and grace of God in my life.”
Mr. Joshua prayed for the new government to
be led by the All Progressives Congress. “Join
me to pray for the new government, headed by
President-Elect Buhari. Ask God to give our
President a hearing heart – a heart that will
listen to what the public is saying and want to
know God’s opinion,” he said.
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