Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the President and founder of the Living Faith Church worldwide, also Known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, which has gone viral.
He was reported to have made the statement last Sunday when the President of the federal republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan came to worship at Faith Tabernacle, which is the headquarters of the ministry.
The falsehood that is being spread around by mischief makers is that the Bishop, while praying for the President, said,
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who is also the presidential candidate of the ruling party – the PDP, came to the church as the President of this country, not as a candidate in the forthcoming elections. And Bishop Oyedepo prayed for him, as instructed in the Bible book of 1 Timothy 2:1-2, as the President of Nigeria not as a PDP standard-bearer.
The falsehood that is being spread around by mischief makers is that the Bishop, while praying for the President, said,
“I will open the gates of hell to anyone who oppose you.” A little later, some others who in an attempt to “defend” the Bishop, came up with another quote purportedly said by Dr. Oyedepo, which is: “I will open the gates of hell to those who oppose the peace of this nation.”Well, let’s set the records straight: The Press and Publicity Unit of the church, publishers of Faith Tabernacle News, was at the 3rd service and recorded (on tape), the President’s 6-minute speech, the congregational prayer for him and the Bishop’s blessing on the President.
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who is also the presidential candidate of the ruling party – the PDP, came to the church as the President of this country, not as a candidate in the forthcoming elections. And Bishop Oyedepo prayed for him, as instructed in the Bible book of 1 Timothy 2:1-2, as the President of Nigeria not as a PDP standard-bearer.
Abeg no need 2 explain n tapes can be edited!
ReplyDeleteHey don't speak of the body of Christ like that.
DeleteOf course facts don't matter to backward thinking people like you. Even if you were standing in front of him when he prayed, you will still hear what you want to.
DeleteNice one Bishop......@Gej for 2015
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't edited, i was there live and direct. That statement was not made before God.
ReplyDeleteFROM SHEHU SHAGARI TO BUHARI
DeleteMy brother, you have contested the Presidential elections 3 times in this country and in all these times, you have never asked me or my people at Shagari village to support your bid. It is very obvious why you can't do that. You don't have the courage after what you did to me. You truncated democracy with a dastardly coup and took away
power from me.You humiliated me and made me to suffer, and you took away my opportunity to RULE Nigeria. You said you do not want democracy in Nigeria.. The same democracy you truncated, you are fighting hard to get with desperation and diabolical power. You have entered into unholy alliance with some known elements of
disunity in the south but let me warn you. You will suffer hard in the hands of Tinubu and his political merchants who will use and dump you as they did to Nuhu. In 2011, you cried publicly when you lost election, and you made provocative and inciting statements that plunged this country into untoward unrest. You provoked our hot-
blooded youths with war cries which erupted into post election violence, that brought Boko Haram into existence, over 500 innocent Nigerians died instantly, most of them youth corpers deployed from one of the unifying agencies of this country.
Personally,I do not have a problem with your ambition. It is your arrogance that bothers me. If you cannot summon the courage to ask me and my family to vote for you because you know we would not,why do you think Nigerians would look kindly on your past record of destroying a progressing democratic institutions painfully put in place by some respected fathers of this nations like Awolowo and Azikiwe. No my brother. It is time to wake up from your delusion and do the needful if you still have some conscience. I am not writing this to you with vengeance intention. I am a practicing Muslim and we leave matters of vengeance to Allah. I write to you as a Nigerian, your brother and a statesman who is deeply concerned.Quit the presidential race now
and save this country from the dangling sword of Damocles being menacingly wielded by the crooks who surround you. This elections is not about you or President Goodluck Jonathan. It is about the unity of Nigeria which can only be assured by being fair. By this I mean, being fair to the people of Niger Delta. We can only do this by either re-electing Goodluck or substitute him with any of his kinsmen from the South-south as that can only count fair for a people who are entitled to 8 years in the office of the President. For the elders council in the north, we have come to the conclusion to work towards realizing that fairness. 4 years more is not eternity. It is not too much of a concession for us to make to move Nigeria forward as one indivisible and united country under one God. May Allah open your mind to see reason.
God bless Nigeria
~~ Alhaji Shehu Shagari ( GCFR)
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DeleteBLOG ANALYSER: I am that bishop Oyedepo have reacted to this
ReplyDeleteAnything that you do it will be twisted! If he yawns in the church.... they will say he's bored of the message and not a good christian! If he prays hard, he's showing off to show he's a good christian to get our votes!....If he laughs, they will say its a fake laugh to show he's confident!!.......Haba...
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Am doing just fine..GOD has being faithful..tnx
DeleteThe bible says pray for your leaders so apart from being an aspirant
ReplyDeletehe is the president and should be prayed for but people tend to misread it. If buhari is the president tomorrow, it's our duty to pray for him.
He shouldn't have reacted abeg.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, all is well. I reserve my comment.
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a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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I wasnt there so make i no too talk too much......
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People will always talk. Always castigating men of God. Smh.
ReplyDeleteAny right thinking person should know that statement was misinterpreted !!!
ReplyDeleteIt is well with nigeria
ReplyDeletePls Wat has gej done in Nigeria since he became the president apart from spending 1billion naira on food dat cause his sons obesity.
ReplyDeleteWhatever! He's still not winning
ReplyDeleteI knew the whole statment was misconstrued in the first instance.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS A GOOD LESSON FOR EVERY RESPONSIBLE READERS OF NEWS ON BLOGS AND NEWSPAPERS DAT NOT EVERYTHING U READ ONLINE OR IN D PAPERS ARE THRU. YOU NID TO KNOW NOW IF U DONT KNOW DAT MANY OF DIS CONTRACTORS CALLED JOURNALIST ARE LIKE ASEWO PROSTITUES, THEY WRITE STORIES ACCORDING TO WHAT POLITICIANS ARE READY TO GIVE THEM IN EXCHANGE SO READERS SHOLD CONTROL UR TONGUES AND HOW U REACT TO PPLE ESP SOME OF U DAT ARE VERY ABUSIVE. d VIDEO OF EVERYTN SAID IN WINNERS CHAPEL IS ON NAIJA GIST AND NAIJA PALS
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