Perhaps if the National Security Adviser, (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu had not rebuffed several desperate warnings by the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele warning of impending invasion of Benue State, the genocide that claimed over 200 lives and wreaked destruction on homes, farms and livelihoods would have been averted.
Lamenting the devastating attack in a statement on Wednesday, Primate Ayodele, who has a track record of accurate prophecies, narrated the frantic efforts he made to get the message to the NSA, including making as many as about 130 calls and contacting an army General to reach out to him, but to no avail.
He said the vision had come to him weeks earlier though he had warned about it in the beginning of the year in his annual prophecy book titled, “Warnings To The Nations”.
Expressing his frustrations, Primate Ayodele stated that his decision to reach out to Nuhu Ribadu personally was to ensure his message, as directed by God, got delivered, but sadly, it was ignored till the unfortunate incident happened.
Chronicling the attempts he made, the prophet said, “I called Nuhu Ribadu about 130 times to warn him about the Benue Killings beforehand so that it could be prevented, but when you put people who don’t respect God, in power, these are some of the things that happen. I sent texts to him, but he never responded. I would say he should be blamed for what happened in Benue.”
According to him, he went to his office but was turned back and still went ahead to write a letter to him, but it was still not acknowledged.
Disappointed at Ribadu’s attitude, the respected cleric said, “Probably he thinks I want to collect money from him, and I wonder what he wants to give me that I don’t already have. I went to his office, but I was turned back. I went ahead to write a letter because God doesn’t want the death of innocent lives, but these people in power are something else.”
Primate Ayodele emphasised “The problem in Benue goes beyond the governor’s power, and that’s why I sent a letter to him and Nuhu Ribadu. I even called a general to reach out to Ribadu regarding the vision I saw about the Benue attack, but the NSA ignored it. Our governors and administrators need to begin to respect God and listen to his warnings in order to get things done rightly.”