The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has said the support of some pastors for the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, Peter Obi, does not detract from their spiritual authority. <\/p>\n
He cautioned Nigerians from referring to Bishop Oyedepo, Pastor Paul Enenche, and others who rooted for Obi, as \u201cfake\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele asked Nigerians not to blame the pastors because they want a change in the country.<\/p>\n
He made it known that they didn\u2019t give any prophecies; rather, what they did to support Peter Obi were declarations and prayers.<\/p>\n
The cleric explained the opposition candidates didn\u2019t even listen to the prophetic direction given to them in order to win the election and they should even be blamed not the pastors that supported them with their pastoral callings.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019People should stop attacking men of God that supported Peter Obi for the presidency. You can\u2019t blame them because all they want is change. The country is hard and they want a change. They didn\u2019t prophesy, all they did was a prophetic declaration. The likes of Paul Eneche, Oyedepo, and others didn\u2019t give prophecies for Peter Obi.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019When you say Nigerian pastors disappointed you, it\u2019s just funny because those that even gave prophetic direction for opposition candidates did anyone listen to them?. I said then that Tinubu was ready to take the victory by all means and I also told Obi and Atiku what to do to win the election but did they do anything? Why are you blaming Nigerian pastors?\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Primate Ayodele further clarified that he isn\u2019t talking about men of God that said the swearing-in of Tinubu as president won\u2019t hold but those who used their pastoral platforms to seek support and prayers for Peter Obi.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019I am not talking about pastors that said swearing-in won\u2019t hold, I am talking about those who stood with Obi during the election using their pastoral platforms.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a difference between prophetic declarations and prophecies. The former is about your will before the Lord and the pronouncement that God should shift situations. They are not God, they just wanted a change. Stop blaming the prophets for whatever happens in the country,\u2019\u2019 he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has said the support of some pastors for the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, Peter Obi, does not detract from their spiritual authority. He cautioned Nigerians from referring to Bishop Oyedepo, Pastor Paul Enenche, and others who rooted for Obi, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":189092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[24919,19677,5876,1301],"class_list":["post-272331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-enenche","tag-obi","tag-oyedepo","tag-primate-ayodele"],"yoast_head":"\n