As the
nation of Nigeria is mourning the tragic helicopter crash that ended the lives
of Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa and former National Security Adviser
Andrew Owoye Azazi, alongside four others, Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua has
revealed how he prophesied the fatal crash.
On Sunday 16th December 2012, speaking to a live
audience on Emmanuel TV, Prophet T.B. Joshua explained how God showed him the
incident, stating that he conveyed the message to the nation in a series of
prophetic revelations that started in January 2011. The prophetic message has
since been uploaded to Joshua’s official YouTube channel and posted on his
Facebook account to over 500,000 fans.
“I see the blood of
personalities flowing,” Joshua
said on Sunday 2nd January
2011. “This is a
government personality. They should not enter the same plane and say they are
flying from one state to another for any reason in this country. There is
danger. This is a plane crash.”
On July 15th 20112, he added further insight to the
revelation, saying, “Those
people who matter in society, they should not go inside the plane, together in
one plane because I see satan wants to destroy these people who matter in
society…” Joshua specified
that six individuals would be involved. “They
begin to mention one, two, three, four, five, six people who matter in society,
high profile. The enemy is looking for a time when they will enter a plane
together and be on the air.”
On September 23rd 2012, Joshua sent one of his ‘Wise
Men’ to deliver a message, stating that he had seen the flag of Nigeria being
lowered, calling on Nigerians to join in prayer to avert the tragedy that would
result in this. Then, on October 27th 2012, Joshua himself specified further
about the incident that would cause the lowering of Nigeria’s flag, stating
that he saw a governor flying with his aide. He said, “Everyone should come together on
their knees and pray for the nation. Where will these people go, you, Governor,
and you put yourself inside a plane and go together with your aide? Where are
they going? They should not put themselves inside the same plane, aircraft and
go. I’m seeing this thing is very close.”
After the tragic helicopter crash
on Saturday 15th December
that saw the death of 6 Nigerians, many online observers of Joshua’s ministry
stated that they remembered his prediction when it was initially spoken on
Emmanuel TV, lamenting that the government officials had not taken it seriously.
After playing back the clips of
the prophetic revelations, Joshua spoke to the congregation, stating that he
even went to the extent of reaching out to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
to warn him of the impending disaster. He stated that the nation should have
entered a period of national fasting for the tragedy to be averted but that
people were not taking the prophetic messages seriously.
He then explained how the
prophetic gift of God in his life was a tool that was supposed to be utilised
and valued rather than neglected. .