Religious leader Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church says President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election. Speaking to members in Lagos, Ayodele argues that efforts to influence voters using items such as rice and money will not change Nigerians’ voting choices. He says the public is “hungry and angry” and that people will express grievances at the polls.
The reports also say Ayodele’s warning aligns with comments by Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, who criticized Tinubu’s handling of national issues. Ayodele is reported to have urged support for Onaiyekan, portraying the Catholic cleric as willing to speak directly about hardship while some other pastors, he claims, do not speak “truth to power.”
In a related account, Ayodele frames the situation as spiritual, stating that Tinubu is “blindfolded spiritually,” and adding that even the electoral commission would be unable to deliver victory.
Across the outlets, Ayodele presents the prediction as a response to ongoing economic hardship and dissatisfaction ahead of the 2027 election, without providing electoral evidence.
