Primate Elijah Ayodele, Leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu could only win the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in the 2027 presidential election through rigging, while also claiming that Nigeria’s name would eventually be changed.
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Ayodele made the predictions in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, in which he also claimed that support for Tinubu was declining across parts of northern Nigeria.
According to the cleric, voters in the North could play a decisive role in determining the outcome of the presidential election, insisting that any candidate who fails to secure adequate support from the region could face difficulties at the polls.
He also said the choice of Abdulazeez Yari as Tinubu’s campaign director-general would not necessarily change the situation, claiming that many northern voters had already made up their minds.
“The North hates Tinubu’s candidacy, and even with Yari as DG, they are adamant to vote Tinubu because what is happening now is just nemesis. God has given the North the power to decide who rules Nigeria,” he said.
“It is wherever they decide that the pendulum will switch to. Tinubu will have problems in some northern states, including Adamawa, Katsina, Jigawa, Zamfara, Sokoto and Bauchi. Abuja too is shaking, and it can only be gotten through rigging. Yobe, Gombe and Kebbi are divided.”
Ayodele added that the situation could still change if the President took what he described as appropriate steps, but maintained that Yari alone would not be able to reverse the trend.
“It can still change if the President knows what to do, but they are shaking already. Yari cannot do the mending. It’s all about time, and the date for the election is not a victory date for Tinubu,” he said.
The cleric also predicted that Nigeria’s name would eventually be changed, arguing that the name had what he described as negative spiritual implications for the country’s leadership and development.
“The name Nigeria is affecting the leadership of this great nation. It will eventually be changed when God opens the eyes of some leaders. The name is contaminated and has serious spiritual implications for the nation,” Ayodele said.
“It will not make the government know what to do when they get to power, even if they have good intentions. The name doesn’t have a good aura and will cause setbacks. You may not understand, but when it’s time, people will know better.”
His comments remain predictions and personal spiritual claims, rather than established facts about the 2027 election or Nigeria’s constitutional future.
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