I told Jonathan he will lose—T.B Joshua

Televangelist and cleric of the
Synagogue Church of All Nations
(SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Joshua,
Sunday, said he told President
Goodluck Jonathan, that he would
lose the March 28 presidential
election.
Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, was defeated by Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
T.B Joshua said he sent his message
to the President weeks before the
election.
“I want to use this moment to
congratulate Nigerians in our midst
here,” Mr. Joshua began in a
message to his congregation,
televised live via his Christian
network Emmanuel TV and posted on
the social network of the church.

“This message should be delivered
to your president, that whatever the
outcome of this election, his regime
has come to an end. He should
accept to save the lives of millions,”
Joshua claimed God told him in a
revelation.
Joshua said he called Jonathan by
phone, stressing that he chose to
relay it personally so that it will not
affect votes’ pattern or be seen as a
campaign for any of the candidate in
the election. He added that he has
shared with President Jonathan
many revelations about Nigeria
which eventually came to pass.
Joshua said Jonathan promptly sent
a close aide to meet him.
After the presidential aide had
worshipped at his church during a
Sunday service, Joshua said he met
him and relayed the revelation that
Jonathan’s regime had come to an
end. “Soft landing – that is the
language I sent to the president,” he
told attendees.
Mr. Joshua described President
Jonathan as a man who ‘has a heart
for God’, revealing that he even
spoke with the Nigerian president
shortly before his historic concession
call to President-elect Buhari.
“I said to him, ‘Your Excellency – all
you need to say is ‘thank You, Jesus’,
even when it seems there is nothing
to be thankful for. He said, ‘Thank
you, man of God’. Before I knew it, I
saw the news on CNN that he had
congratulated his opponent,”​Joshua
said.​
Alluding to his prediction a week to
the election that the dark cloud he
saw covering Nigeria was lifting, he
said that a bloody ‘war’ would have
ensued if not for the prompt
concession of power by President
Jonathan.
“Look, Nigeria wanted change –
everyone was yearning for change.
An attempt to stop change leads to
war, to a bloodbath… If Nigeria
knows what we have overcome, we
would dance,”​Joshua said.​
Joshua praised Jonathan’s tenure
insisting that he had served his
nation well despite the immense
security challenges.
“I really want to salute President
Jonathan. The President has served;
he has done his best. It was just
the season of crisis – and
unfortunately he found himself at
the lead in the season of crisis,”​he
said.​
He prayed that people from the
‘South-South’ region in Nigeria
where President Jonathan hails from
would understand that ‘their son
has become a hero’, adding that his
actions prove the region is after a
united Nigeria.