When Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele steps onto the pulpit of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church every week he does greater than preach: he convenes a nationwide dialog. For a long time, the clergy has issued blunt, usually headline-grabbing prophecies about presidents, markets and disasters — pronouncements which might be dutifully copied, debated and digested throughout Nigerian newsrooms, social media and political corridors.
Primate Ayodele is greatest recognized for 2 issues: the common launch of New Year and seasonal “warnings to the nation,” and a big, loyal following that amplifies these warnings into nationwide discourse. He publishes annual prophecy booklets, holds prayer mountain conventions the place journalists are invited, and maintains energetic social media channels that unfold his messages rapidly past his church gates. In July 2025 he launched a compendium of his prophecies titled Warnings to the Nations, an occasion that was coated by nationwide shops and which Ayodele used to restate issues about safety, governance and worldwide affairs.
Ayodele’s prophecies have touched on lightning-rod subjects: election outcomes, the well being or destiny of public figures, infrastructure failures and worldwide crises. Nigerian and regional press have repeatedly revealed lists of his “fulfilled” predictions — from political upsets to tragic accidents — and his followers level to those as proof of his accuracy. Media roundups lately credited him with dozens of prophecies he argued had been realised in 2023 and 2024, and his annual prophetic rollouts proceed to draw broad consideration.
Impact past prediction: politics, coverage and public temper
The sensible impact of Ayodele’s ministry shouldn’t be restricted as to whether a prophecy involves move. In Nigeria’s politicised and religiously engaged public sphere, a outstanding seer can:
• Move conversations in electoral seasons; politicians, commentators and voters pay attention when he names seemingly winners or warns about dangers to candidates, and his claims typically develop into a part of marketing campaign narratives.
• Shape fashionable expectations — warnings about {economic} hardship, insecurity or public well being affect how congregations and communities put together and react.
• Exert tender stress on leaders — high-profile admonitions directed at governors or ministers usually immediate responses from the accused or their allies, making a suggestions loop between pulpit pronouncements and political actors.
Philanthropy and establishment constructing
Ayodele’s public profile extends into philanthropy and church improvement. He runs INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church from Oke-Afa, Lagos, and his ministry periodically organises humanitarian outreach, scholarships and hospital visits — actions he frames as proof that prophetic ministry have to be accompanied by concrete acts of charity. Church occasions corresponding to prolonged “17-day appreciation” outreaches and scholarship programmes have been extensively reported and assist cement his attraction amongst congregants who worth religious counsel paired with materials assist.
What makes him distinctive
Several options set Ayodele other than different public spiritual figures in Nigeria:
1. Productivity and documentation. He releases intensive, numbered lists of prophecies and compiles them into booklets — a tactic that makes his predictions simple to trace (and for supporters to tally as “fulfilled”).
