Rev. Dachomo, while refuting the allegations, said some aspects of his prayers in Israel were ignored in an attempt to mislead Nigerians.
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Regional Chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) for Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has refuted allegations by social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, that he is now campaigning for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
He denied the claims by the popular influencer on Tuesday, 13 October, via a statement shared on his verified social media handles.
Earlier, VeryDarkMan, in a viral video posted online on Monday, criticised the cleric for allegedly shifting from his harsh criticism of Tinubu to urging prayers for his administration.
According to him, Rev. Dachomo, who recently took his campaign against alleged Christian genocide to Israel, turned the trip into a prayer session for Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) government to succeed in the 2027 election.
He further noted that the cleric, while addressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other world leaders on the contentious killings of Christians in Plateau State and the Middle Belt in general, moved from accusing President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima of attempting to Islamise Nigeria and failing to curb insecurity to calling for prayers and support for the same administration.
The activist also claimed that Dachomo had been compromised, adding that he was 101 per cent certain that the presidency had reached out to the clergyman and taken him to Israel.
VeryDarkMan captioned the video: “How did reverend EZIKIEL DACHOMO move from criticizing bola Ahmed tinubu to campaigning for bola Ahmed tinubu? How he moved from vice president shittima and tinubu wanting to Islamize Nigeria to praying for bola Ahmed tinubu administration? AT THE END VDM IS RIGHT”
Reacting to the allegations, Rev. Dachomo insisted that he had never prayed or campaigned for Tinubu, Shettima, and the APC to win the 2027 election.
He went on to describe attempts to use his name for political branding as wicked, clarifying that his prayers while in Israel were directed at achieving national peace, seeking divine intervention against evil plans, and protecting persecuted communities.
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He maintained that he had prayed against electoral rigging and had never supported a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
Taking to his official handle, Dachomo wrote:
“My dear brethren, I greet you all in the name of Jesus Christ, our Saviour.
“I heard that VeryDarkMan shared a video saying I prayed for President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket to succeed in the 2027 election.
“You are just saying, ‘Rev. Dachomo has prayed for success.’ Which success? The success of rigging elections?
“While Muslim-Muslim ticket supporters are thinking of rigging elections, the only thing I am praying for is that they should fail in their evil deeds. Let them fail in their evil thinking. Let the evil ones in Nigeria fail woefully in whatever they are doing.
“To the campaign organisation of Tinubu, anybody who is using my name wrongly for campaigns is doing a great injustice to Tinubu. You evil men are saying I use my name to say I pray for Tinubu.
“I pray that any evil spirit that will lure this government into rigging elections will catch fire. Any satanic power that will raise thugs to rig elections, let it catch fire so that justice will prevail.
“Any spirit or person that is going to rig these elections, let the wrath of God destroy their evil plans.
“We need justice. We need the fear of God in both Muslims and Christians so that we can live lives of love and protect one another. That is what my heart desires.”
