2027: ‘Your Prayers Are a Waste if You Elect Bad Leaders’ — Apostle Suleman Bombs Govt Over Insecurity

The President of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has sent a powerful ripple through Nigeria’s political landscape, asserting that spiritual exercises cannot mitigate the catastrophic effects of poor leadership.

Delivering a fiery sermon during the Easter Sunday service at his church headquarters, the outspoken cleric warned that Nigerians must take responsibility for their electoral choices, declaring that the nation is currently enduring its “most terrible times” due to administrative failure.

Addressing the recent wave of bloodletting in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, Suleman slammed the federal and state governments for what he described as a “normalization of evil.” He expressed outrage over the government’s tendency to focus on media optics and damage control while citizens are in mourning.

“The height of insensitivity is when people are mourning and you’re sending media to do damage control,” the cleric remarked. “We are now debating numbers—whether it is 50 or 45—like we are debating the number of chickens we roasted. In the past, when one man died, the whole street talked about it for a month. Now, it is a normal thing.”

Suleman challenged the notion that prayer alone can fix the country’s woes if the leadership remains incompetent. He argued that once a “bad person” is elected into power, the nature of prayer changes from seeking progress to merely seeking survival.

“It’s a waste praying when you have elected a bad person. The only prayer you’ll need to pray is the grace to survive the suffering,” he told the congregation, adding that the constant exposure to violence is destroying the empathy and psychological construct of the Nigerian people.

The cleric’s remarks come at a time of heightened political sensitivity as the nation looks toward the 2027 general elections. Suleman urged the government to silence its media machines during periods of national grief and focus on the actual protection of lives.

“When people are grieving, tell your media to keep quiet,” Suleman cautioned. “If it doesn’t touch you today, it will touch you eventually if you don’t scream out.”

His critique adds to the growing chorus of religious and civil society leaders demanding a fundamental shift in the government’s approach to national security and citizen welfare as the political climate heats up.