Founder, Grace Nation International, Pastor Chris Okafor, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a focused personality who was not swayed by the negative publicity against him during the 2023 general election, but pressed on until he emerged as the nation’s chief executive.

Okafor made the remark recently in a chat with journalists in Lagos.

The cleric is the very private, reserved man of God who runs one of the fastest growing ministries in the country, Grace Nation International, also known as Liberation City.

He is a firebrand man of God who believes in nothing but the efficacy of prayers. His ministry has continued to confound many who just cannot seem to understand how the church has gone on to grow in leaps and bounds in the last few years, making it one of the biggest in the country. It is almost completing a new massive auditorium that conveniently sits over 30,000 members of the church.

Dr. Okafor is regarded as one of the most revered men of God in the country. This is not just because he is considered one of the powerful men of God in the country, but also because he is a lane minder. He is not a noise maker. He keeps to himself and maintains a very simple lifestyle. He does not dabble into issues that do not have any immediate bearing to his personality or ministry.

Feeding questions from journalists on the new Tinubu-led administration, he said: “Let me tell you something, I am not a fan of the President. As a pastor and man of God, there is a limit to which I can dabble into politics. I had my reservations about him contesting for the presidency and now that he is the president, I still have my reservations. I would’ve preferred that he did not contest at all.

“But having said that, I must admit I have also come to respect the man in a way. I don’t know too many men his age who can withstand what he endured before, during and after the election. He was insulted. He was abused. He was called all sorts of names. But he just kept his eyes on his target. He continued to work hard, campaigned in every part of the country, despite his age. And inspite of all the abuses hurled at him, he didn’t insult anyone back in retaliation. He didn’t let it get to him. He stayed calm and in the end, the rest is history. I don’t believe in him that much, but you have to give it to him, he’s a strong man.”

When asked if he thinks Tinubu’s government will do well, the man of God responded: “It’s too early to say. Like I said, I am a pastor and I try very hard not to get involved in some things I consider not extremely significant to the church in the eyes of God. Our God works in mysterious ways. He can use the man to turn the country around for good, even if a large number of Nigerians don’t like him.

“If you recall, months before the election, I released a prophecy saying that the man most people want to win the election will not win it, it is the most despised man that will win it. Go and check online, you will find my prophecy there. That’s why I said our God is a mysterious God, he has his own way of doing things.”