The pastor of the popular The Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday said the dream of a former military dictator, Mr. Ibrahim Babangida, to rule the nation in 2007 would fail, adding that IBB is a decaying matter.Bakare, who spoke at a special programme of the church titled, ‘If the truth must be told” in Lagos, said the script to install Babangida was already being acted out.
He said, “As it is right now, only God can stop IBB from becoming the president of this nation again. You are likely to disagree but the strategy to bring him back has been perfected and the script is being acted out.
“But there is good news there because God has shown me how to stop him.”
The cleric, who did not tell his audience the strategy to stop the Minna-based General from becoming the president in 2007, added that none of the presidential front runners would make Aso Rock.
Bakare said, “Let me tell you the truth by the spirit of God, neither (President Olusegun Obasanjo), OBJ, Atiku (Abubakar), IBB and this tall one, (Muhammadu) Buhari are part of the new. They are part of the old that is decaying. That old one is passing away. The new is emerging and these ones are not part of that new.”
The pastor, whose prophecy in 1999, shortly after Obasanjo was elected president, caused a major outcry, said the prophecy was not informed by hatred for the person of the President or a dislike for the country.
He said, “I love my country and I love the President. I pray for my country too on regular basis. I do not wish Obasanjo or any other person any evil. But my concern is for my country and what God has put in my heart to tell the nation. I suppose that the over 1,000 pastors that gathered to pray against the March 7, 1999 prophecy now know better.”
Making references to his 1993 and 1999 prophecies, Bakare declared that only the counsel of God would prevail in the nation’s situations.
“When God warns his people, he only wants them to repent of their evil ways and seek forgiveness. God is not interested in killing anybody,” he said.
Supporting his message with illustrations, the pastor said those who “balanced the equation” in the deaths of (Sani) Abacha and MKO (Abiola) were still around and could play a major role in the present crisis rocking the Presidency.
Bakare in his statements couched in deep analogies, said of Nigeria’s present scenario, “By the present exposures that are going on between the President and his deputy, vipers eggs are being hatched, spiders’ webs are being woven. At the end, these will heat up the polity, heat up the system and make the nation ungovernable.
“It is also clear that your accomplice in crime will expose you.”
He warned against bloodbath, saying that the nation could not afford another civil war.
On the leadership the nation desires, he said, “We do not need dishonest leaders, who are clever by half; who live in denials. We must reject body language politics in Nigeria. We do not need people who confuse personal account with the nation’s account.”
In its own report, the Daily Sun said Bakare declared Abiola was murdered.
The cleric posited that it was divinely ordained that former President Ibrahim Babangida, incumbent President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President Atiku Abubakar would fight to destroy themselves for the nation to move forward.
He said Nigerians should not be surprised about the exposure of corruption in high places as he likened the gladiators to partners in crime against the nation.
"A word of caution to our people. They should not take sides or join in the battle that is going on. He who digs a pit will fall into it. Your accomplice in crime might double cross you.
"By the exposure that is going on, viper’s eggs are being hatched while spider’s web is being woven deliberately to make the nation ungovernable so that we will have no choice but ask them to continue until October 2007," he said.
Revealing a chilling prophetic vision, Bakare said: "Neither Buhari nor IBB nor Obasanjo nor Atiku will be part of the new Nigeria. They are part of the old that has decayed and is still decaying. The new is coming forth. It is the counsel of the Lord that shall stand in this nation. Until the sons of turmoil destroy themselves, this nation will not know peace."
The preacher described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a basket of serpents and scorpions and insisted that the people must wrest power from them through peaceful and proper transition.
He alerted the nation to what he described as "the contraption of evil" that is going on in high places and warned the president to always watch his back as those who killed M. K. O. Abiola were still around.
"The same people who balanced the equation that if Abacha is dead, M. K. O. Abiola must follow suit are still around. Whoever tells you M. K. O. died a natural death has lied. They contrived his cold murder.
"When Abacha died, Abiola was still in prison and IBB for the first time since he left power for his fortress in Minna came to Abeokuta to see the current president. He came to greet him and came to offer him the package of the elders of the north and at the same time, to present it (offer to be president in 1999) to the then General Obasanjo.
And he (Obasanjo) replied him: ‘I have been head of state. I have been prisoner, there is nothing else to be in my nation. Number one, I don’t have the money to run for an election. Number two, M. K. O. the man who won the election is still in prison. What would I tell my people?’ He was assured. Read between the lines and lies. Shortly thereafter, M. K. O became history."
In graphic presentation, Bakare drew the attention of the congregation to the recurrence of Babangida’s name in the past political maneuvering and pointed out that the former military president was still very much loaded with tricks.
"Don’t forget his code name in the PDP registration is 007. You are about to see the greatest theatrical performance in the history of politics in Nigeria," he said.
Bakare noted that those who said Obasanjo was the most acceptable candidate to all the segments of the country would soon do the same in respect of Babangida.
He said nothing on ground at the moment could stop Babangida, except God, regretting, however, that the current political gladiator could not take Nigeria to the promised land.
Pastor Bakare recalled that he had alerted the nation on several occasions to the direction God was taking the country.
The fiery preacher said rather than take counsel from the Holy Spirit, President Obasanjo and the other political actors continued with their "contraption of evil."
"Rather than he (Obasanjo) clinging on to God, he is relying on his own understanding. He is looking at his friends and thinking they are his enemies," Bakare said.
According to the pastor, whatever the political actors planned, "it is the immutable counsel of God that shall prevail in Nigeria.
"Don’t think God has forgotten Nigeria. In all these accusations and counter accusations and maneuvering, it is the immutability of God’s counsel that is our anchor and it will prevail."
Pastor Bakare said God would raise new leaders for the nation, who would rule with the fear of God, fairness and justice and He would heal the land and make it flourish again.
He said Nigerians should not be surprised about the exposure of corruption in high places as he likened the gladiators to partners in crime against the nation.
"A word of caution to our people. They should not take sides or join in the battle that is going on. He who digs a pit will fall into it. Your accomplice in crime might double cross you.
"By the exposure that is going on, viper’s eggs are being hatched while spider’s web is being woven deliberately to make the nation ungovernable so that we will have no choice but ask them to continue until October 2007," he said.
Revealing a chilling prophetic vision, Bakare said: "Neither Buhari nor IBB nor Obasanjo nor Atiku will be part of the new Nigeria. They are part of the old that has decayed and is still decaying. The new is coming forth. It is the counsel of the Lord that shall stand in this nation. Until the sons of turmoil destroy themselves, this nation will not know peace."
The preacher described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a basket of serpents and scorpions and insisted that the people must wrest power from them through peaceful and proper transition.
He alerted the nation to what he described as "the contraption of evil" that is going on in high places and warned the president to always watch his back as those who killed M. K. O. Abiola were still around.
"The same people who balanced the equation that if Abacha is dead, M. K. O. Abiola must follow suit are still around. Whoever tells you M. K. O. died a natural death has lied. They contrived his cold murder.
"When Abacha died, Abiola was still in prison and IBB for the first time since he left power for his fortress in Minna came to Abeokuta to see the current president. He came to greet him and came to offer him the package of the elders of the north and at the same time, to present it (offer to be president in 1999) to the then General Obasanjo.
And he (Obasanjo) replied him: ‘I have been head of state. I have been prisoner, there is nothing else to be in my nation. Number one, I don’t have the money to run for an election. Number two, M. K. O. the man who won the election is still in prison. What would I tell my people?’ He was assured. Read between the lines and lies. Shortly thereafter, M. K. O became history."
In graphic presentation, Bakare drew the attention of the congregation to the recurrence of Babangida’s name in the past political maneuvering and pointed out that the former military president was still very much loaded with tricks.
"Don’t forget his code name in the PDP registration is 007. You are about to see the greatest theatrical performance in the history of politics in Nigeria," he said.
Bakare noted that those who said Obasanjo was the most acceptable candidate to all the segments of the country would soon do the same in respect of Babangida.
He said nothing on ground at the moment could stop Babangida, except God, regretting, however, that the current political gladiator could not take Nigeria to the promised land.
Pastor Bakare recalled that he had alerted the nation on several occasions to the direction God was taking the country.
The fiery preacher said rather than take counsel from the Holy Spirit, President Obasanjo and the other political actors continued with their "contraption of evil."
"Rather than he (Obasanjo) clinging on to God, he is relying on his own understanding. He is looking at his friends and thinking they are his enemies," Bakare said.
According to the pastor, whatever the political actors planned, "it is the immutable counsel of God that shall prevail in Nigeria.
"Don’t think God has forgotten Nigeria. In all these accusations and counter accusations and maneuvering, it is the immutability of God’s counsel that is our anchor and it will prevail."
Pastor Bakare said God would raise new leaders for the nation, who would rule with the fear of God, fairness and justice and He would heal the land and make it flourish again.
