While speaking iin an exclusive interview
with The Sun, foremost Nigerian seer and
cleric, Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele,
reacted to last week’s Supreme Court verdict,
which returned the Ahmed Makarfi-led
National Caretaker Committee as the lawful
leadership of the PDP.
He also speaks on the agitation for Biafra
being championed by the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB), Buhari’s health in
London, among other boiling issues.
Here are the excerpts;
In your predictions published on August 14,
2016 you alluded to the fact that only the
faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
led by Ahmed Makarfi could revive the party.
Now with the Supreme Court having ruled in
favour of the former Kaduna State governor,
is that an indication that the party will
bounce back?
We have just started. With Makarfi back in
the saddle PDP will be on its way to gradual
recovery if they take the right steps. As it is
PDP needs proper cleansing. Makarfi can still
bring the party back but if the party brings
the wrong person for the presidential
election in 2019 the party may not win.
Then APC will now have crisis with Makarfi
returning except they are able to put their
house in order and re-strategise if the party
is to retain power. At end of the day it may
neither be APC nor PDP that will get the
central if they fail to present sellable
candidates. I don’t want to talk about
candidates now; at the appropriate time I
will reveal that.
What I am saying is that Makarfi can still
stabilize PDP. What happens in Osun does
not mean that PDP is back. They should
reorganize the party properly and do the
right in the party. At the same time APC is
cracking. If APC wishes to retain the
Presidency they should also ensure they put
their house in order. Then the vice
president’s life is in danger but God will see
him through. Many things will still be
exposed about the plots against him. There
are so many things we don’t see now; the
vice president is struggling against the
cabal. As it is now the villa is vacant.
What do you mean by this?
We still need to pray very well for Buhari to
recover quickly. He may not be stable till the
end of his term. I am also seeing a big
referendum coming in Nigeria but I cannot
see when or how it will come because God
did not show me that. Honestly, Buhari
needs prayers. His family needs to pray very
well for him. I am not saying the medical
treatment he is receiving will not work, but
it is not the lasting solution. It is only God
that can sustain his life. Buhari must not die
because if he dies it will affect a lot of things
in the North. But I see the national flag
being flown at half mast but I don’t know
where that is coming from. Oyegun’s seat is
shaking. His position will be in crisis if
Buhari fails to continue.
The agitation for the state of Biafra is still
on. What is your view on it?
Nnamdi Kanu’s life is at risk especially
because of the way he talks, his misuse of
words. Forget about all he is doing, let him
continue to pray to the dead souls. Kanu will
not lead Biafra. Biafra vision may be
actualized in the nearest future, he will not
lead the Igbo to actualize the vision. He is
taking some wrong steps that will fail him to
actualize his dream as a leader of Biafra.
Then the Igbo should not expect the
Presidency in 2019. Their time has not
come. I am talking as a prophet not as a
politician. Kanu is still going to face a lot of
challenges and if he is not careful enough,
he may miss it. He must be careful so that he
doesn’t lose his life in the cause of this
struggle. He needs to be extremely careful
and watchful.
There will be election in Anambra although
there will be crisis. If the governor remains
steadfast with his party APGA God can help
him to sustain that seat but he if he
attempts to take wrong steps, he will see
the other side of the voters. In a nutshell
Nigeria is sitting on time bomb.
No party can do it. That is why I said Buhari
should leave the issue of corruption because
if we continue to play money politic, the
fight against corruption will continue to be
a mirage, even the EFCC cannot effectively
fight corruption under the current
arrangement until we stop money politics.
