{"id":48383,"date":"2021-08-15T12:33:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T11:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ive-never-benefited-from-any-political-era-in-my-life-bishop-oyedepo"},"modified":"2021-08-15T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T12:16:16","slug":"ive-never-benefited-from-any-political-era-in-my-life-bishop-oyedepo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ive-never-benefited-from-any-political-era-in-my-life-bishop-oyedepo","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve never benefited from any political era in my life \u2013 Bishop Oyedepo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President and founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has denied benefiting from any government in Nigeria since he was born on September 27, 1954.<\/p>\n<p>The African richest pastor made the assertion on Sunday during a sermon at the church\u2019s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>He restated how God instructed him to warn Nigerians in 2015 against the current government. According to him, he saw trouble befalling the nation by President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Oyedepo states position on partisan politics, joining political party<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cA lot of people were washing their mouths on me, 2015 when I told them, \u2018you are heading for trouble\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told me. I saw trouble, I saw Nigeria under stress. He confided in me: warn them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a zero beneficiary of any political era in my life. Ask them. I have never taken a ballot box in my life. I have grown outside that realm, by grace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I wasn\u2019t grown, when I was crawling, it was not God\u2019s plan for my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not about\u2026 I will still tell you whether you want to hear it or not. Now see your trouble since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t access His plan because you are experienced in the Faith. You need to be in love. He shows me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President and founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has denied benefiting from any government in Nigeria since he was born on September 27, 1954. The African richest pastor made the assertion on Sunday during a sermon at the church\u2019s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State. 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