Founder and Spiritual Head of INRI Evangelical Spiritual
Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari over
running for a second term in 2019 due to his ill health.
Ayodele noted that the failing health of Buhari was
spiritual and not physical and should not be taken with levity by lovers of the
President.
He said this while reacting to remark by the Special Adviser
to the President on Social Media, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, who accused some
Nigerians of hiring marabouts, clerics and other spiritualists to pray for
Buhari’s death.
Reacting further, Ayodele told The Sun, “What the woman said
shows that she is not serious about the health of her principal. If she was
serious about his health, she would have resorted to praying for the man to get
well soon.
“Buhari needs our prayers because he has the potential to be
one of the best presidents. Nobody is attacking Buhari rather it is his destiny
to fall sick after emerging the president of Nigeria for the second time.
“Let us look at it beyond the physical realm because in
Nigeria, most people don’t understand what spiritualism means. So Buhari’s
health needs prayers. Beyond medical, let us ask for God’s divine intervention over
his health. His first term needs prayers, forget about his second term.
“Those who are talking about his second term want to kill
him. Please don’t let us play politics with his health. Everybody who loves
Buhari must be serious about his or her prayers for him. This is not the time
to joke; it is not the time to wish him dead.”
Recall that an Abuja-based prophet, Wisdom Nnamdi Ezeigwe,
had recently admonished Buhari to return to Nigeria immediately and seek spiritual
solution to his failing health.
By Seun Opejobi
