The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Elijah Ayodele, has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election.
The cleric said attempts to influence voters with rice and money would not secure victory for the President, insisting that Nigerians would express their dissatisfaction at the polls.
Speaking during a church service in Lagos, Ayodele backed recent comments by John Onaiyekan, who had expressed concerns over the country’s economic situation.
According to him, Nigerians are facing widespread hunger and hardship, urging the public to support Onaiyekan’s position rather than criticise him.
He also said some Pentecostal pastors had failed to tell the President the truth about the mood of the nation.
Ayodele said, “I give it to Archbishop Onaiyekan for what he has said to the President. Leave him. Whether Tinubu accepts it or not, there is anger and hunger in the land.
“By the election, you will see how people will show their grievances. Rice and money will not stop it. We are telling you to do the right thing. All these surrogate aides will push you into a fire that will burn you. Tinubu will lose this election.”
The cleric did not provide evidence to support his prediction. President Tinubu has yet to respond to the remarks.
