President Goodluck Jonathan may have declared war on fiery and outspoken preacher, Apostle Johnson Suleman, over his 2014 prophecies. During the end of year 2013 activities, the President and Founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Suleman, released his prophetic expectations in 2014 to his church members. Minutes after, the prophecies went viral online. According to the preacher, prophecies are revelations by God, which is a kind of warning to those affected and it can be averted through prayers. But for President Jonathan and his aides, that is not good music to their ears, especially when such prophecies are seemingly unfavourable to his alleged 2015 presidential ambition. One of the several prophetic declarations of Apostle Suleman is that President Jonathan will be the last PDP chief executive in Nigeria. He also admonished Jonathan not to run for 2015 presidential election. “If he does, he will not win. The APC will win the 2015 presidential election. However, they will not assume power because President Jonathan will retain the seat through judicial interventions”. What seems to irk President Jonathan is the submission of Apostle Suleman that if he becomes the President in 2015, he will not finish his tenure. Even as the preacher cautioned that negative prophecies can be averted through prayers and God’s mercies, it appears the Presidency is not interested in such. Hence, in a rather bizarre style, caterpillars and bulldozers from the Federal Ministry of Works were allegedly ordered to pull down the Omega Fire Ministries Church in the Mabushi area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
An eye witness told us that while the bulldozers succeeded in pulling down the generator house and children’s section, the heavy tyres of the bulldozers suddenly burst as it attempted to touch the main building. The strange occurrence made the caterpillar operators to take to their heels and abandon site. For those who may have read political meanings into Apostle Suleman’s prophecy, he may not be partisan as he equally stated: “PDP as a political party is bad, but APC is worse”. He also prophesied about the implosion that will tear APC apart over the choice of a presidential candidate. A knowledgeable source in Omega Fire Ministries told us that “just a few weeks into 2014, some of the prophecies have come to pass already”. For instance, the prophecies that a Rivers State lawmaker will be arrested and charged for murder, the sacking of service chiefs and the resignation of PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur are clear examples of a prophecy fulfilled”.