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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu battled spiritual forces before his inauguration in May 2023.<\/p>\n

He disclosed this while speaking at a one-day lecture organised by an Arewa think tank in Kaduna on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The former interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said it was not surprising that the opposition tried to prevent Tinubu from winning at the polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tension and threats generated in the country by the opposition with the view to deny Tinubu the presidential victory in the presidential election were not surprising,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTowards the last elections, the prophecy was thick that Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not become the APC candidate, but he did become.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligious clerics of one belief and the other became sleepless for him not to win the presidential elections, he won!\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cThereafter, spiritual threats and political manoeuvring began that he would not be inaugurated as a Nigerian president, he assumed the presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe battle then shifted to the judicial sword-crossing that he should be removed from the presidency, but his presidency was upheld.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther predictions were that he would have no health to manage the office, but he remained divinely healthy\u201d.<\/p>\n

He further revealed that Nigeria has been waxing stronger despite permutations from different quarters, adding that President Tinubu\u2019s one-year anniversary was celebrated in grand style.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu battled spiritual forces before his inauguration in May 2023. He disclosed this while speaking at a one-day lecture organised by an Arewa think tank in Kaduna on Thursday. 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