VeryDarkMan also contended that both the church and the mosque have contributed to a culture of passivity in Nigeria.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, and relationship coach and social commentator Solomon Buchi have slammed a Nigerian Christian leader, author, and founder of the Remnant Christian Network (RCN), Apostle Arome Osayi, over a sermon in which the cleric described revival as Nigeria’s national calling.
They called out the pastor, whose church headquarters is located in Makurdi, Benue State, in separate videos that recently made the rounds on social media.
Earlier, Apostle Osayi, in a trending video posted on Thursday, 26 September 2026, declared that Nigeria’s true national purpose is spiritual rather than economic.
He went on to push back against comparisons between Nigeria and countries like China, which are celebrated for manufacturing and technological output.
”Our calling as a nation is revival. God wants to generate something from here that he will export to the nations of the world. This is his covenant with this nation,” Osayi said.
He added that Nigeria’s founding intercessors had, through prayer, negotiated a covenant with God positioning the country as a key player in end-time gospel work, and warned that Nigerians are too consumed by day-to-day survival to recognise this higher purpose.
Reacting to the sermon, which later ignited a fierce debate among netizens online, VeryDarkMan argued that the kind of preaching Osayi promotes has played a direct role in holding Nigeria back as a nation.
He contended that both the church and the mosque have contributed to a culture of passivity, where people who could otherwise be driving innovation are instead spending their days seeking miracles.
Speaking in the clip shared on his official Instagram handle on Sunday, 27 September 2026, he said: “It is this kind of preaching that put Nigeria where it is today. The church and the mosque have contributed to why we are still laid back as a nation. The people that are meant to be innovative and creative are praying every day for a miracle.”
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The influencer further pointed out that Nigerians possess the same intellectual capacity as citizens of the technologically advanced countries they admire, but argued the difference lies in application.
”These nations that we look up to have the same brain like us. But instead of us to use our own brains, we’ll go to church,” he added.
Warning Osayi on the possible consequences of his sermon, VeryDarkMan said: “@apostlearome a day will come where your likes will be spat on when you walk, you are destroying the future of our great nations with these f@ke ministrations….”
Echoing similar sentiments, Buchi countered the pastor’s preaching and posed pointed questions about the visible impact of Christianity on Nigerian society.
He noted that Nigeria ranks among the top three countries globally by number of churches, yet corruption, dishonesty, and poor civic behaviour remain widespread.
”Nigeria has over 100,000 churches. Nigeria ranks as the third country with the most number of churches in the world. What is the proof of this revival in Nigeria?” Buchi asked.
He also argued that the moral credibility once associated with Nigerian Christians has eroded significantly.
”There was a time in Nigeria that employers used to seek Christians to give them jobs because they knew they wouldn’t lie, they knew they wouldn’t steal, they knew they wouldn’t take bribes. Now, immediately you start sounding too Christian-ese, people begin to look at you in a very fishy way,” he said.
Buchi concluded by challenging what he described as a disconnect between religious fervour and genuine internal transformation.
”What is the essence of faith if we cannot see a testimony of an internal regeneration? What is this thing that we’re doing without virtue?”
Captioning his post, Buchi wrote: “If the calling of Nigeria is actually revival and Christianity, then it has failed at it. Over 100,000 churches in Nigeria and an average Nigerian is still corrupt, dubious and evil. Is this thing we are doing really Christianity?”
