Primate Elijah Ayodele, founder and head of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Lagos, says he did not attempt to extort Bayo Adelabu, minister of power.
Exclusively reported how Adelabu petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS), accusing Ayodele of blackmail and attempting to extort N150 million from him for “spiritual intercession” to make him governor of Oyo state.
Adelabu, who had twice contested the Oyo governorship election, has declared his intention to contest again in 2027.
The power minister accused Ayodele of making false prophecies intended to malign his reputation after he rebuffed all efforts from the cleric, who allegedly demanded a huge sum of money and expensive spiritual items.
Adelabu added that Ayodele asked him to bring 24 APC flags for prayers. The minister said the cleric also demanded 1,000 pieces of saxophones/trumpets, with the least expensive, fairly used Nigerian-grade costing a total of N50 million, and the imported grade-one from China costing N130 million.
The minister said his refusal to yield to Ayodele’s demands made the cleric prophesy that he would never become Oyo governor.