The General Overseer, Rev. Chris Okotie of the Household of God Church, on Sunday said President Goodluck Jonathan would not have contested the 2015 presidential election if not for Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor’s “false prophecy”. 

He said, the former President had initially made up his mind not to vie for the election, but stated that Oritsejafor “deceived” him with tales of victory as prophesied unto him by God.

According to Punch, Okotie said this while delivering a sermon in his church on Sunday in Lagos, where he stated that “Pastor Oritsejafor deceived Jonathan with a false prophecy from God that he (Jonathan) would win the election convincingly.”

“The man (Jonathan) became convinced to contest after Oritsejafor had told him, using CAN’s name, that God had ordained him the winner of the 2015 presidential election.” Okotie said

Okotie noted that some members of CAN and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria at that time knew the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s prophecy was false, but were scared to speak out.