During a religious conference held in Abuja, Effa Emmanuel, the Senior Pastor of World Royal City Church Asokoro, Abuja, addressed the issue of numerous failed prophecies regarding the 2023 general elections.

The cleric shared his perspective on why these prophecies did not come to pass, stating that they were not divinely inspired but rather originated from human sources. According to reports from PUNCH, as the 2023 elections gained momentum, many religious leaders made prophetic declarations about the potential outcomes, but unfortunately, many of these predictions turned out to be incorrect. Pastor Emmanuel emphasized that the lack of divine inspiration was the primary reason for the inaccuracies in these prophecies.

He said: “We have CAN and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). I think the leaders of these bodies should have the responsibility of calling erring pastors to order so that we don’t have confusion in the house. 

“When Paul was speaking, I think to the Corinthians, he said if anyone has a prophecy, one should prophesize at a time, while others should judge. Prophecy is not a recipe for confusion. God is not an author of confusion.” 

The cleric highlighted that when a religious leader delivers prophecies based on their own imagination, they are not speaking with divine inspiration. In light of this, the cleric urged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to take responsibility in regulating such prophecies. This would involve implementing measures to discern between false and genuine prophecies, ensuring that only authentic messages from God are conveyed to the public. 

He said: “If you are inspired by the devil of course you’re a prophet but not a prophet of God. But there are also prophets of God, who speak from God. And if you speak from God, one sign that you are speaking from God is that it comes to pass. If it doesn’t come to pass, then you are not speaking from God.

“My take is that CAN and PFN should be able to regulate the house because the church is a house. We should be able to speak with one voice. And then the leaders of the organisations should be able to decipher who is really speaking and representing the voice of God so that we won’t have this rancour and disorder that we’ve had so far,” he noted.