Mysterious Prophet in Ibadan
By Taiwo Abiodun
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When he did not bath for 10 years’ he was the talk of the town eight years ago. Now, it is 18 years the Prophet has not taken his bath. Prophet Moses Wale Olagunju of Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministries, Ibadan with confidence and total conviction, said water would not touch his body until God instructs him to do so.
I have not bath for 18years
I abstain from sex
Will bath when God instructs me
Nigerian Churches are full of fake miracles
In Ibadan, Oyo State, he is popularly known as Baba ti kiiwe (the old man who does not bath). Among the Christian Pastors and Prophets, he is known as a strange prophet because he is a thorn in their flesh as he accuses them of not doing the will of God.
He criticizes most Men of God and calls them fake pastors. He spends most of his time on the mountain than his home. Welcome to the world of Prophet Wale Olagunju who has not had his bath for 18 years.
At Iwo Road, in Ibadan the name Baba ti kiiwe is not strange to any okada rider that plies Ojoo routes for he is popular in the environs.
NO BATH SINCE 2001
Prophet Olagunju said without mincing words ” I have not taken my bath since 2001. It was the instruction from the Almighty God and I have been like that since 2001.Water has not touched my body ”.
Looking at his toes and fingernails, one needs no further convinction as they are all unkempt. Part of his legs had turned brown, evidence that he had not taken his bath for a long time , this is the life of a sexagenarian Prophet who lives in his church premises and spends most of his time on Akike Mountain in Ibadan, to pray and seek God’s face .
”I have been staying on the mountain top for the past 18 years seeking the face of God.” He continued” For the past 18 years I have not been sleeping on my bed. I go to the mountain everyday”.
Asked about his sexual life, the prophet responded ” Sex? Ahh, no, no, forget about that , somebody that stays on the mountain? I said I sleep on the mountain and hardly come home to sleep”.
But does your wife not complain? he again replied with voice raised ” Oh no, no no, she has no reason to complain” .
”Does not your congregants complain that you smell?”, another question thrown to him, yet he defended himself with a roar laughter and said ”No. None of them complain because I don’t smell. The last time you interviewed me did I smell? I don’t have odour at all, it is God that sent me and I am convinced of His work on me”.
Again, this reporter asked him, ”Are you not an embarrassment to the public?”, he again replied ” No, no, not at all. Some people come here to verify the authenticity of my story and when I show them, they glorify God’ about what they heard. And some call me Baba ti kii we.
MY PROPHESIES
Olagunju said most of his yearly prophesies always come to pass, noting ”I have a lot of prophesies that came to pass. I was the one who predicted that Bush would win, when he slugged it out with Kerry. My own prediction was the only one that came to pass then and it was published in Nigerian newspapers. In 2015, I also predicted that President Muhammadu Buhari would win when other men of God said he would not. All Nigerian newspapers carried the story. I predicted the impeachment of former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose and Senator Rashidi Ladoja and it came to pass. On former Vice Presidet of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, I predicted that his name would be ringing like a bell . God told me that Atiku should pick Ike Ekweremadu , former Deputy Senate President but he (Atiku) went to pick Peter Obi as the Vice – President , I didn’t know what happened, I didn’t know for they did not listen to the voice of God . That is one of the problems Atiku is facing”, the Prophet declared.
On Kogi and Bayelsa States, Olagunju predicted that Yahya Bello would defeat PDP, while on Bayelsa, ”only miracle of the century can save PDP, Only miracle of the century will save Dino Melaye ”
PASTORS DECEIVING NIGERIANS
Prophet Olagunju berated many Nigerian Pastors and men who are deceiving their followers , he said ” because they did not receive from God unlike me, Wale Olagunju who received from God.”
MIRACLES
”There are miracles and miracles. What you are seeing today are fake miracles, they stage-managed miracles. I believe there are still miracles. There are raw miracles.
But what is happening in Nigeria is fake. We have many false prophets and fake pastors in Nigeria today, are deceiving people simply because of money, –that’s just the point. They are using miracle to deceive people and make money”.
SOLUTION
He however proffered solution to it and said ” People should focus on God, and read their Bible very well”. On whether Government can stop it, he declared ” no, government can not stop it , only God Himself can stop it.”
HOW I WAS CALLED
Olagunju said ” I received my call in 1981 when I was faced with a lot of problems, then witches were tormenting me and I started running from pillar to post seeking solution. You see, I am from a polygamous family, as my father had many wives. While on the Akike Mountain in Ibadan, God asked me to fast and seek for His holiness. God asked me not to bath , and I am still waiting for instruction from Him when to bath. Whenever He tells me to go and bath I would do so , all this happened in the year 2000”
BACKGROUND
Speaking about his background, Olagunju said” I am from Igbara Oke, Ondo State. My parents are late, I went to Anthony Primary School, Ede, Government Primary School, Okitipupa and completed my Secondary School at St. Peter’s Secondary School, Olode. I studied English Language in University of Ilorin, then I proceeded to the Seminary Life International College of Theology where I developed myself to serve God.