Founder of Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyeomie, has claimed that divine intervention played a major role in the political victories of former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike.
Speaking during a church service, Ibiyeomie recounted that Wike once called him while he was in Israel, worried about a Supreme Court judgment that was expected to go against him after he had already lost at both the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
According to the pastor, he reassured Wike not to panic and told him that God would intervene.
He said after a church programme known as Five Nights of Glory, the outcome of the case eventually changed in Wike’s favour.
Ibiyeomie also claimed that during Wike’s re-election bid, there were plans by political opponents to manipulate the results in favour of another candidate, Biokpomabo Awara.
The cleric alleged that he prayed and made a covenant with God on Wike’s behalf, even donating money during the process without informing the politician at the time.
He further claimed that when efforts were allegedly made to alter the election results at the office of Independent National Electoral Commission, an unexpected development occurred that prevented the change, which he described as divine intervention.
His words …
“Wike came he lost in high court in the case, lost in appeal court, and judgment was already passed in Supreme Court against him not to be governor. I called him and he was shaking on phone, I was in Israel. I said, don’t fear, don’t panic. God will step in. He said, Papa, I believe. He was in PDP, APC was in power. And we are doing Five Nights of Glory. After Five Nights of Glory he walked up to me. Judgment was Tuesday, Five Nights of Glory was Friday. I looked at him, I said, even if judgment is against you, I command it. It was not a money problem. He never had money because it was the opposite party. Judgment was, he too knew judgment was already against him. They told me how the judgment will pass. And then the chief judge collected the case, changed the Supreme court judges, turned the case. He said, Papa, I knew this is God. I was the only one invited during this Thanksgiving as a priest. Listen carefully, that was not how it ended. The second time he came again, you all know it. The second time when he came, he was to lose the election. Already they’ve arranged how they would lose the election. And somebody walked up to me and said, you pray for Wike, we’ll see how you will win. Ask him any day, I won’t tell you the note he sent to me, he said, Papa, do I go off? I said, don’t go off, God will step in. He was shaken because everything was against him. And I covenanted with God. I gave millions on behalf of Wike. I didn’t tell him. I’m telling you today. I said, Lord, not for his sake, for my sake. Because the world will say, where is the God? itself. I said, for my sake, step in. Not because of him. And I prayed a prayer. The day they were to change the result to give to one young man called Awara, they finished the result. On the spot, something happened. The high commissioner stepped into INEC They couldn’t change the result. That’s how he became governor the second time.”
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” Wike came after he lost in all court, he came to me, I said don’t worry I will to God on your behalf even if you are meant to lose, God will change it. I gave out millions on behalf of Wike. I was the then only one he invited for Thanksgiving” pic.twitter.com/vFIjsnBKwo
— ÓMÒÉLÉRÍNJÁRÉ (@omoelerinjare) March 8, 2026
