Africans should look inward and harness their resources —Primate Ayodele

Founder and Spiritual Head of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, with headquarters in Lagos, Primate Elijah Ayodele – who, in 2017, predicted the issues raised against the IGP, budget padding saga, the Senate President’s victory at the CCB, high cost of foodstuffs, issues with traditional rulers in Oyo State, change of leadership in ANC in South Africa, among others – in this interview, speaks on what Nigerians and the world should expect in 2018 and beyond.

Polity

I  see problems in the Stock Exchange Commission (SEC) as some companies will no longer be listed which will cause problems for them. There will be plots to remove the SEC Director-General. I see countries waging war against countries. I see seven among the present Nigerian politicians who may be president in the future. They are Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, Senator Bukola Saraki, Rotimi Amaechi, Babatunde Fashola, Pat Utomi, Akinwumi Adesina and Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State. This is what the Lord says. Let us pray against scarcity of food commodities.

For the presidential election, I see President Buhari doing a lot of alliances, but Buhari’s aides will create problems for him. The only people who can stabilise Buhari’s government are Fashola, Saraki and Amaechi; they are very symbolic to playing very good roles to help the president. The Buhari government will be confused because advisers will be insincere. President Buhari must review his second term bid project to guard against failure.

I see ethnic troubles and killings in Nigeria. The grazing law for the herdsmen will not work because it will be violated in some areas. The herdsmen will be protected, which will cause lots of problems. Let us pray not to lose a one-time governor, president and minister and let us pray so that we will not have problem in the speakers’ forum. There will be political tension in 2018. The case of Diezani Alison Madueke will be covered up as more things will be exposed. Let’s pray against Lassa fever, polio, cholera, as well as monkey pox and water-borne disease that may reoccur in Nigeria. Let us pray against unnecessary police killing. Police and army will go on protest.

Judiciary

Dasuki’s issue will come up as they will want to indict him. Dasuki will fight for his freedom. Biafra will witness the emergence of a new leader. Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts will be located. The judiciary will be reviewed and let us pray not to lose any judge and against fire outbreak in court. There will be judiciary extension tenure. Let’s pray against the death of any SAN. Lawyers may protest. Some states will have new CJ. Some courts will be refurbished. There will be an extension for serving judges.

Election

The presidential candidate of the PDP will be imposed by a consensus which will not make the election of the presidential candidate democratically elected after their presidential primaries. This will cause trouble for the party. If PDP picks amongst these people, they will be able to unseat Buhari: James Ingilari; Markafi, Shekarau, Lamido. Uche Secondus will face a lot of challenges in moving the party forward. I do not see vacancy in Aso Rock in 2019 if the PDP does not use the right people and if there is no serious minded candidate; Buhari’s seat is uncertain, but if there is nobody, Buhari will retain the seat. If PDP does not get the right candidate, some PDP governors will vote for Buhari.

It is not PDP or APC that can put Nigeria in order. Those two parties have nothing to offer Nigeria because both PDP and APC will have issues, except if there is a credible candidate who can fight for the battle of leadership. The second term of Buhari will not be favourable to Nigeria because the cabals will hijack the government from him and Buhari will be weak in administrative, social and economic development. His health should be taken care of. If there is no right candidate against Buhari in 2019, he will have his second term conveniently. I see a Northerner still ruling Nigeria beyond 2019. Igbo will not be given president in 2023, but might be given the vice president position.

Yewa in Ogun State will be disappointed in 2019. I see Obasanjo’s leadership role at the last stage. I see serious political crisis in Kano, Rivers, Ondo, Kaduna, Kogi, Adamawa, Enugu, Ebonvi, Lagos, Osun, Ekiti and Ogun States. Hidden things and secrets in the PDP and APC will be exposed. In the political power play come 2019, these are the people that can unseat President Buhari: Aliyu Gusau, Bukola Saraki, Sule Lamido, James Ngilari and Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo. To make the change mantra in Nigeria effective, I foresee that if Senator Bukola Saraki is focused, he can become president.

Senate and House of Representatives

The House will be divided because of Buhari’s 2019 second term ambition. There will be cross-carpeting from PDP to APC. There will be new strategy in the house; there will be different groups and canvassers and there will be change in principal officers of the house. They should pray not to lose any Senator and anybody in the House of Reps. They should be careful of a rowdy session, because there will be a lot of deliberations and counter deliberations. The Senate will want to achieve many things for the country. They will be blamed by some and praised by some. The National Assembly will try to balance the country and there will be changes in the electoral act and constitutional amendment. I foresee that Senator Bukola Saraki will play major roles in the Senate that will transform or take democracy to the next positive level in Nigeria.

Ekiti 2018 election

The present PDP government in Ekiti State must work hard and strategise well to win the hearts of the people, otherwise, the APC will win the governorship election of 2018 in Ekiti State. Tell Governor Fayose of Ekiti State not to relax because there is fire on the mountain and the election will go beyond his expectation as people of Ekiti may gang up against the governor and his anointed candidate. There will be a lot of measures to prevent rigging. If APC wants to win, then they should consider these candidates: Fayemi, Kayode Ojo, Oni, Ojodu and Gbenga Aluko.

Ondo State

Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, should work hard on his second term and take care of the civil servants, else, he might lose the second term. The Ondo governor must work with politicians. Let us pray against killing in Ondo State. Let us pray against kidnapping of Obas and youths protesting in Ondo State and also pray against the death of a paramount Oba in Ondo. Let us pray against ethnicity crisis in Ondo

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)

They will discover some illegal ammunition. The General Manager of NPA will be changed and there will be strikes and protests. People will clamour for the removal of the MD of NPA because there will be mismanagement and misconduct. The money in the freight and tariff will be high and there will be lots of misdocumentation. There will be petition against the MD of NPA. The clearing and forwarding section will not be easy at all. Let us pray against fire outbreak in NPA. I see plots and petitions against the Managing Director of NPA. Customs will make a lot of money for Nigeria but there will be problems. Let us pray against lawsuit for customs. There will be killings of customs officers. Some customs officials will retire. There will be problems between customs and smugglers. Some customs officers will be indicted.

Prison

Let us pray so that our prisons will not face challenges. Let us pray against jail break. There will be petition against people in charge of the prisons.

NNPC

Nigeria will not be rich in oil 20 years from now. Texaco, Shell and Mobil’s activities will be put in check as they will face certain issues. ConOil will have expansion and will have refinery. ConOil will have troubles with their expatriates and they will want to buy subsidiaries in Africa. Oando oil will acquire a big subsidiary that will be used for power and they will have new contracts. They must be careful of leadership troubles. Forte Oil will face serious challenges in the year. I see problems in PPPRA. I see plans to remove the GMD of NNPC and Minister of Petroleum. There will be missing money. I see Nigeria importing bad fuel. Oil marketers will not succumb to government. Youths will protest against them. The director of refinery and crude oil will be implicated. I see increase in fuel pump price as there will be scarcity of petroleum in the later year as NUPENG and PENGESSAN will go on strike and oil marketers will still have issues. Our refineries will break down and let us pray against bomb attack on our refineries and explosions. NNPC should pray against fire outbreak in any of their offices or building.

Africa

There will be terrorist attack in Kenya. Let us pray against flooding in some African countries where they have not experienced it before. There will be troubles in African countries that western world will want to be involved. I foresee that in 30 to 40 years, European countries will depend on Africa for survival. Africans should look inward and harness their resources or else there will be various forms of oppression from the Europeans. Africans will continue to kick against slavery. Cameroun will have challenges such as killings, bloodbath and shootings. They will want to change the government in Cameroun. In the Sierra Leone’s coming presidential election, I see victory between two major candidates, Kandeh Yumkella and Samura Kamara. If Kandeh strategises very well he will win. Some countries will fight to have their independence. Ghana may experience kidnapping and unexpected killing. The Ghanaian president should pray that his second term will not be threatened. Ghana prison will be congested as such the inmates will contract meningitis. I foresee unexpected killing that may give Togolese president problems and the president will take wrong steps also that will lead to trouble. If care is not taken, they will want to unseat him by all means. The president of Benin Republic will not have second term and there may be protest and unrest. There will be election in Libya and protest, bomb explosion and killing.