The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has shunned those who are not happy with his revelation that Ayodele Fayose, the Ekit State Governor, prayed and prophesied that he was going to become speaker.
The Speaker, who took to his Twitter handle, in reaction to critics, who alleged that the governor might have been part of those who financed him for that position, fired back saying, “I don’t care who is hurt by this revelation. Fayose did not give me anything. He only prayed. Like him or hate him, God can use anybody. God is the giver.
“He prayed before witnesses. I won’t lie. I was rudely shocked because I never expected him to pray for me.
“The truth is that so many people prayed for me and I prayed also. I am thankful to all who stood by me in prayers.
“I don’t care who is hurt by the truth. All I got when I visited Governor Fayose was prayer and nothing else.”
It will be recalled that the Speaker, during a special pilgrimage programme, tagged: “A day with Jesus for Nigeria in Israel,” organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), held at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Jerusalem, said, that the power of prayer can not overemphasised in the affairs of a nation and individuals; while using himself as example, said he had lost hope of becoming the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as many forces were against him until God himself intervened, through the Ekit State Governor, Ayodele Fayose.
