The founder and presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has strongly declared that Nigeria can neither be Islamised nor fall under any religious agenda, insisting that the nation’s future is already settled by divine intervention.
The outspoken cleric made the declaration during a recent sermon at the church’s international headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, while addressing growing concerns over reports of mass killings and alleged genocide in different parts of the country.
His message came amid renewed public debate about insecurity, terrorism and the religious undertones often linked to the violence.
Oyedepo’s comments followed reports that the United States had carried out airstrikes on a terrorist enclave in Sokoto State on Christmas Day, an operation widely seen as a significant development in international involvement in Nigeria’s fight against terrorism.
Recalling what he described as a personal assurance from God, the bishop told his congregation that the war against terrorism had already been won spiritually before recent global attention began to focus on Nigeria’s security challenges.
He suggested that increased foreign interest in combating terror groups was a confirmation of that divine intervention.
Oyedepo said, “For the first time in nearly 20 years the persecutors are smelling, I said it with a very loud sound of the trumpet that Nigeria will never be Islamised and can never be Islamised.
“Every form of Islamic agenda for this nation is dead and buried. I’m not only happy but I’m overjoyed and jubilating over the faithfulness of God.
“The battle is won, how many heard me when I said God said to me I have heard you and I have stepped in.
“There was no foreign interest from anywhere when I said that and interests began to arise around the world. Finally the battle is over.
“Genocide or no genocide is not the issue, are there killings? Who are the greater victims of these killings? Who are their primary targets?”
The cleric’s remarks have since drawn attention across religious and political circles, coming at a time when Nigerians continue to grapple with insecurity, rising casualties from violent attacks and questions over the government’s response to terrorism and communal violence nationwide.
