General Overseer of Household of God Church, Rev. Chris Okotie, on Sunday, accused president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, of deceiving the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, into contesting the 2015 election.

Okotie said Jonathan had initially not wanted to re-contest in the 2015 presidential poll but changed his mind after Oritsejafor allegedly “deceived” him with prophecies that he would win the election.

Punch quoted Okotie as saying that “The man (Jonathan) became convinced to contest after Oritsejafor had told him, using CAN's name, that God had ordained him the winner of the 2015 presidential election.”

Okotie further stated that some members of CAN and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria at that time knew Oritsejafor's prophecy was false, but were scared to speak out.

He said, “They couldn't speak out because they were scared of being insulted. They were scared of being insulted for saying rubbish. They were scared of being insulted on the pages of newspapers. So, while I continued to write and speak that Jonathan was not the man, those of them who knew the truth in what I was saying chose to keep quiet out of fear.

“I told CAN and PFN that Jonathan was not of God; that whosoever would win would be one that had built a tabernacle in the presence of God.”