The founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has declared that Nigeria will never be Islamised.
Oyedepo made the statement during a sermon at the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, while reacting to reports of killings and alleged genocide in parts of the country.
His comments come days after the United States carried out airstrikes on a terrorist base in Sokoto State on Christmas Day.
The cleric said God had assured him that the battle against terrorism in Nigeria had already been won, adding that international interest in tackling insecurity in the country increased afterwards.
“For the first time in nearly 20 years, the persecutors are smelling,”he said. “I said it with a very loud sound of the trumpet that Nigeria will never be Islamised and can never be Islamised.
“Every form of Islamic agenda for this nation is dead and buried. I’m not only happy, I’m overjoyed and jubilating over the faithfulness of God.”
He added that divine intervention had brought renewed attention from the international community to Nigeria’s security challenges.
“The battle is won. God said to me, ‘I have heard you and I have stepped in.’ There was no foreign interest before then, but interests began to arise around the world. Finally, the battle is over,” he said.
Oyedepo also questioned the narrative around genocide, urging Nigerians to focus on the reality of killings and their impact.
“Genocide or no genocide is not the issue. Are there killings? Who are the greater victims of these killings? Who are their primary targets?” he asked.
