Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has revealed that Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, played a significant role in his emergence as speaker.
Dogara, disclosed this on Sunday in Jerusalem, Israel at a special pilgrimage programme organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC).
The Speaker explained how he went to visit Fayose during his bid for the Speaker-ship, and how the latter’s prayers made his emergence possible.
“Concerning the race for speaker-ship race, it was almost the same story to how I won the election to the House. Some of our members and the powers that be said they did not want a fundamentalist Christian, that I am a fanatic.
“At a point, I decided to leave everything to God, having realised that human efforts were not working, even my supporters had resolved to accept the deputy speaker-ship offer, which I declined.
In the process, I think a few days, thereafter, that I ran into my brother, the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, for the very first time. When I got to him, I did not know I was coming to meet a prophet, I thought I was coming to see a politician.”
“If they had told me what happened that day was going to happen, I would not have believed it. When we got to him (Fayose), he took us to a swimming pool, told everybody to remove his/her shoes, asked us to hold our hands, kneel down and he started praying.
As he started the prayers, I said wow! I have never seen or heard a politician pray in this version before, but I thank God that those prayers really worked for me.”
“Come and see the words coming out of Fayose’s mouth. He mentioned my name, saying ‘I pronounce you the Speaker of House of Representatives’, and he said the God who made his own possible, would make my own possible.”
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