2027: 'Tinubu can only win Abuja with rigging, Nigeria's name will be changed' – Primate Ayodele

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu could only win the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, in the forthcoming presidential election through rigging.

In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Ayodele said support for Tinubu was declining in the North, claiming that voters in the region were planning to vote him out of office.

He said God had given the North the power to decide who rules the country and that anyone without the region's support would most likely fail.

Ayodele also said Tinubu's reported choice of Abdulazeez Yari as his campaign director general would not change the situation, claiming that northern voters had already made up their minds.

He warned that unless the president took appropriate steps, voters in the region would do everything possible to remove him from power.

The cleric also identified some states where he claimed the ruling party faced challenges ahead of the election.

"The North hates Tinubu's candidacy, and even with Yari as DG, they are adamant to vote Tinubu because what is happening now is just nemesis. God has given the North the power to decide who rules Nigeria.

"It is wherever they decide that the pendulum will switch to. Tinubu will have problems in some northern states, including Adamawa, Katsina, Jigawa, Zamfara, Sokoto, and Bauchi. Abuja too is shaking, and it can only be gotten through rigging. Yobe, Gombe and Kebbi are divided.

"It can still change if the president knows what to do, but they are shaking already. Yari cannot do the mending. It's all about time, and the date for the election is not a victory date for Tinubu," he said.

Ayodele also predicted that Nigeria's name would eventually be changed, arguing that the name had been spiritually contaminated and was affecting governance in the country.

He claimed that the name had spiritual implications for the nation's leadership and could prevent governments from knowing what to do, even when their intentions were good.

"The name Nigeria is affecting leadership of this great nation. It will eventually be changed when God opens the eyes of some leaders. The name is contaminated and has serious spiritual implications on the nation.

"It will not make the government know what to do when they get to power, even if they have good intentions. The name doesn't have a good aura and will cause setbacks. You may not understand, but when it's time, people will know better," he said.