Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor
The General Overseer of the Household of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie has said that former President, Goodluck Jonathan would not have contested for a second term if he hadn’t been deceived by the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.
Okotie
said further that Jonathan contested because
Oritsejafor had issued a
false prophecy assuring the former president of victory in the 2015
polls.
The controversial Reverend, who is also a
former presidential aspirant, made the comments on Sunday, October 25,
2015 while delivering a sermon in his church in Lagos.
“Pastor Oritsejafor deceived Jonathan with a false prophecy from God that he (Jonathan) would win the election convincingly,” Okotie said according to Punch.
“The
man (Jonathan) became convinced to contest after Oritsejafor had told
him, using CAN’s name, that God had ordained him the winner of the 2015
presidential election,” he added.
“I told
CAN and PFN that Jonathan was not of God; that whosoever would win
would be one that had built a tabernacle in the presence of God. I told
CAN and PFN that Jonathan did not belong to the House of David and that
since he did not belong to the household, his winning would bring more
sorrow to Nigeria,” Okotie said.
Okotie also said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the elections was an act of God.
Buhari
defeated Jonathan in the March 28 elections becoming the first Nigerian
candidate to unseat an incumbent president in democratic elections.