The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has boasted that N150 million is not enough to buy his shoe.
Ayodele made the claims on Sunday during a service at his church in Lagos, on Sunday in reaction to allegations of extortion levelled against him by the Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu.
He stated that the minister is pained because he knows he will lose another attempt to become the governor of Oyo.
Adelabu had petitioned the Department of State Services, DSS, accusing the preacher of blackmail and attempting to extort N150 million from him for “spiritual intercession” to make him governor of Oyo State.
Adelabu had accused him of demanding 1,000 pieces of saxophones/trumpets, with the least expensive, fairly used Nigerian-grade costing a total of N50 million, and the imported grade-one from China costing N130 million.
The minister revealed that his refusal to yield to Ayodele’s demands led the cleric to make false prophecies intended to malign his reputation and his political ambition.
During the church service, the primate described Adelabu as a boy who doesn’t understand what he is saying and dismissed the N150 million claims quoted in the petition, saying, “the shoe I wear, can N150 million buy it?”
“I can’t disappoint you. I can only disappoint you when you are not a good person. I carry something bigger than me.
“I am not doing prophecies to impress you or invite you to me. I don’t do prophecies for you to come and do enquiries. Take it, or you leave it,” he said.
Extortion Allegation: ‘N150m can’t buy my shoe – Primate Ayodele dismisses Adelabu
