Founder of Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyeomie, has claimed that divine intervention played a major role in the political victories of former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike.
Speaking during a church service, Ibiyeomie recounted that Wike once called him while he was in Israel, worried about a Supreme Court judgment that was expected to go against him after he had already lost at both the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
According to the pastor, he reassured Wike not to panic and told him that God would intervene.
He explained that after a church programme known as Five Nights of Glory, the outcome of the case eventually changed in Wike’s favour.
Ibiyeomie also claimed that during Wike’s re-election bid, there were plans by political opponents to manipulate the results in favour of another candidate, Biokpomabo Awara.
The cleric alleged that he prayed and made a covenant with God on Wike’s behalf, even donating money during the process without informing the politician at the time.
He further claimed that when attempts were allegedly made to alter the election results at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), an unexpected development occurred that prevented the change, which he described as divine intervention.
He said:
“Wike came, he lost in High Court in the case, lost in Appeal Court, and judgment was already passed in Supreme Court against him not to be governor. I called him and he was shaking on phone, I was in Israel. I said, don’t fear, don’t panic. God will step in. He said, Papa, I believe.
He was in PDP, APC was in power. And we were doing Five Nights of Glory. After Five Nights of Glory he walked up to me. Judgment was Tuesday, Five Nights of Glory was Friday. I looked at him, I said, even if judgment is against you, I command it.
It was not a money problem. He never had money because it was the opposite party. Judgment was, he too knew judgment was already against him. They told me how the judgment would pass.
And then the chief judge collected the case, changed the Supreme Court judges, turned the case. He said, Papa, I knew this is God. I was the only one invited during this Thanksgiving as a priest.
The second time when he came, he was to lose the election. Already they had arranged how he would lose the election. Somebody walked up to me and said, you pray for Wike, we’ll see how you will win.
He asked me, ‘Papa, do I go off?’ I said, don’t go off, God will step in. He was shaken because everything was against him.
And I covenanted with God. I gave millions on behalf of Wike. I didn’t tell him. I’m telling you today. I said, Lord, not for his sake, for my sake. Because the world will say, where is the God.
The day they were to change the result to give it to one young man called Awara, they finished the result. On the spot, something happened. The high commissioner stepped into INEC. They couldn’t change the result. That’s how he became governor the second time.”
