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Anambra governor, Charles Soludo, rejects Catholic priest’s prophesy

Anambra governor, Charles Soludo, rejects Catholic priest’s prophesy

Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has reacted to a prophecy by a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Emmanuel Obimma (Ebube Muonso) that Fulani terrorists would attack the governor.

Reports said Obimma prophecised that said he saw herdsmen with tribal marks invading Anambra Government House and the governor running out blood-soaked.

The priest, who was addressing his congregation, in a viral video, said there was need to pray for the state and Soludo.

The priest also said the governor, who was sworn in on March 17, generally was performing below expectations especially in security and waste management.

Soludo, a Catholic, responded that the priest should use the pulpit in a responsible manner and exercise caution and maturity on how he uses it.

Soludo said, “As an orthodox Catholic, I was brought up not to join issues with any man of God. I have been in the public arena for two decades and I appreciate comments and criticisms from the citizens, including men of God.

“I welcome your comments, advice and even criticisms as such help us to do better because we are certainly not perfect.

“I am writing you, in the exercise of my duty (as a member of your Laity) to also advise you— but not publicly on the pulpit as you chose to do.

“On your prophecy, you are certainly entitled to claim that you ‘saw’ anything, and to call for prayers. I need all the prayers in the world and I believe that thousands of people of goodwill are praying for us and for Anambra.

“I am convinced that the God I worship who has sent me on this mission will lead us to finish it to His glory! My life is in His hands and He already knows how many more days or years He has for me.

“No man has a say regarding His plan for my life. I don’t believe these political or phantom ‘prophecies’ designed to play to the gallery. That’s not my upbringing and faith as a Catholic. You have my contact and assuming that anything was ‘revealed’ to you as a threat to my life, do you really believe that the best way to communicate it is on your pulpit?

“By the way, God didn’t ‘reveal’ to you the attack by unknown gunmen on me last year at a rally, killing three policemen; nor has He ‘revealed’ to you any of the dozens of the attacks on innocent people this year so that the people may take caution or pray.

“Funny enough, these ‘pulpit prophecies’ are always about high public officials. I have lived my life to this age without needing or relying on ‘prophecies’ and it is too late now to change. My prayer is simply: ‘Let your will be done’.

“So please, if you have further ‘revelations’, just pray about them or keep them to yourself. I don’t want to know because the God in Heaven that I serve is totally in charge of my life!”

 

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