The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God Ghana, Rev. Dr. Stephen Y. Wengam, has shared a dramatic account of how President John Dramani Mahama narrowly avoided being on the military helicopter that crashed on Wednesday, killing several top government and military officials.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a church gathering, Rev. Wengam said many have been attributing the President\u2019s escape to divine intervention.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople have been calling and posting on social media and saying Assemblies of God, thank you for saving our president\u2019s life. It\u2019s not about the clapping. Listen carefully. That\u2019s why the speaker said, you must be prophetic. You don\u2019t need to be a prophet,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n
Rev. Wengam explained that the sequence of events began the previous week when he received a call from the President\u2019s Secretary, Dr. Callistus Mahama.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen last week, I received a call from the President\u2019s Secretary [Dr Callistus Mahama] that he will not be able to come today, and that he had been invited to la C\u00f4te D\u2019 Ivoire to be the special guest of honour for their independence [Day celebration] and that His Excellency had asked the Vice President and his wife [Lordina Mahama] to come in his place. I said, thank you, Dr Callistus.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the Assemblies of God leader admitted he felt uneasy about the President\u2019s change of plans. Rev. Wengam did not clarify in his account whether President Mahama would have travelled to Obuasi on the same military helicopter that later crashed in the Ashanti Region before heading to C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n
He added that he found it difficult to accept the President\u2019s decision not to attend his event and resolved to commit the matter to prayer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I call Reverend Bawa and said, \u2018Reverend Bawa, the President said he can\u2019t make it, and I don\u2019t accept it. Go mobilise the prayer team and pray and reverse it. Rev Bawa is my witness. Where is he? I told him. I said, I don\u2019t accept it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Monday, when we arrived, I was a bit late. I was just coming, and the First Lady called me very angry. She said, \u2018Pastor, President says that he\u2019s going to C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, but no, we are coming for this program. We have planned for this program long ago. No way.\u2019 It was a battle on the phone. Battle on the phone. She said, \u2018Don\u2019t accept it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
While he was still on the call with the First Lady, President Mahama himself tried to reach him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was talking with her when the President was calling. I said, Mama, \u2018President is calling. It\u2019s okay. I\u2019m going off. I don\u2019t agree\u2019. So the President explained. I said, \u2018Your Excellency, I understand, your will be done\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later that day, the First Lady followed up with a message that would change everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen when I was leading prayer, I saw Mama calling again. I couldn\u2019t receive the call. Then she sent a text and said, \u2018We are coming on Wednesday\u2019, so the President can travel on Thursday. So that was how it was averted.\u201d<\/p>\n
He concluded with a challenge to pastors about the importance of prayer and spiritual vigilance.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when the speaker says, we must be prophetic, every pastor \u2014 and this comes by being very prayerful, spending time hours before the daily, not that you pray on Monday, you don\u2019t pray Wednesday, when you\u2019re going to preach on Saturday, then you start fasting off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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