Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, faced a lot of criticism after his prediction for the Premier League match between Luton and Liverpool turned out to be false.
In a video that went viral on social media, the spiritual leader had confidently predicted that Liverpool would easily defeat Luton with more than two goals.
He said: “Liverpool will beat Luton very well. Liverpool will beat them with more than two goals.”
However, the reality was far from his prophecy. Liverpool had a tough time against Luton and barely managed to secure a 1-1 draw with a last-minute goal.
Despite dominating the possession and creating many chances, Liverpool failed to score more than one goal. Darwin Nunez, who had a nightmarish performance, missed an open goal that could have given Liverpool the lead.
Luton, on the other hand, took advantage of a swift counter-attack and scored a goal through Tahith Chong, a former Manchester United youth player, with only 10 minutes left.
Liverpool’s hopes of winning seemed to fade away, but they were saved by Luis Diaz, who came off the bench and headed home a cross from Harvey Elliott in the fifth minute of injury time, denying Luton a famous victory.
The outcome of the game proved Primate Ayodele’s prediction wrong and exposed his lack of credibility. He was not spared by netizens who mocked him and called him a fake prophet. Some of the reactions are:
@ogunmusi wrote: “Funniest part of this was Nobody asked him. “Nobody. “But when you’re a scam, you have a way of setting yourself up. The most annoying part was when he was grabbing his cap as if he was adjusting the inspiration. “Awon Ole, adojutini.”
@prekefe replied: “I tell you my bro. Nobody ask am o. E be like who high before e get the useless inspiration. Chai! Pastors?”
@AmbAgboola wrote: “These men of MEN would sha not stop disgracing themselves. This was how many of them rushed out during elections to yarn okotos only to be shamed yakata, exposing their ordinariness to the whole wide world. If you must predict, predict. Everyone predicts but don’t make it look like a prophecy because we know no God sent you a message, na you dey send yourself. Yeyenatu.”
@Capolutiti wrote: “He predicted two easy games and fortunately for him Liverpool drew. “Fake prophets dem dem.”
@imperialtsar defended him: “Dat is what all of us do. He never said God or the holy spirit told him. So u guys should free the man, he did nothing wrong. Only if he had said, the holy spirit told him then this dragging would have been right n just.”
