Periodic elections have always come along with spiritual twists and the lead up to this year’s presidential and parliamentary election in Ghana was no exception.

Prior to the polls on December 7, 2024, several men of God gave prophecies which either proposed a win or loss for either of the two leading contenders in this year’s race – Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and John Dramani Mahama of the National Demo­cratic Congress (NDC).

However, following outcome of the election which gave an emphatic win for Mr Mahama who polled 6,328,397 represent­ing 56.55 per cent of the total votes cast, many Ghanaians have raised eyebrows over the genuineness of these ‘Men of God’.

Notable among those that prophesied a one-touch victory for Vice President and flagbear­er of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Bawumia, were founder and leader of the Power Chapel Worldwide, Dr Victor Kusi Boateng.

As far back in July 2024, during a church service, Dr Boateng predicted that Dr. Bawumia would be declared the winner on December 9, after the polls.

Others were Apostle Agyenim Boateng of the Peniel Outreach Ministries International, Prophet Azuka who dared doubters of Dr Bawumia’s win to burn his church to the ground should he lose and Prophet Kusi Appiah (Warrior prophet) of the Charis­matic Temple International Min­istry (CTIM) who went further to describe an attire Dr Bawumia and his running mate, Dr Mat­thew Opoku Prempeh, would wear for their inauguration on January 7, 2025.

On the other hand, Prophet Bernard Elbernard Nelson-Eshun, Head pastor of the Springs of Life Chapel International, Proph­et Nigel Gaisie of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Minis­try International and Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, Glorious Wave Church International, prophesied a landslide win for John Dramani Mahama.

With an overwhelming win for the opposition NDC and John Dramani Mahama as presi­dent-elect at the end of polls as declared by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensah, some pastors who predicted a loss for Mr Ma­hama have spoken.

Rev. Kusi Boateng, delivering a sermon last Sunday, December during church service insisted he saw and prophesied right.

“I saw right, I heard right but the opposite has happened and there is nothing I can do. I will not blame God and this will not stop me from prophesying be­cause God never gets it wrong. If there is any mistake, I made the mistake,” he said.

For Evangelist Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa who is General Overseer of the Heaven Way Chapel who swore a win for Dr Bawumia, claiming to return to fetishism if Mr Mahama wins, reacting to the turn of events said, Dr Bawumia’s loss was as a result of disobedience.

“I saw clearly that NPP has won the elections and I was in­structed to openly declare it but there was a direction that from the time of the prophecy till the election results are declared, Dr Bawumia should always wear white and change the slogan from “It is possible” to “It is possible to win” among other spiritual instructions to be per­formed to support fulfillment.

However, these instructions to the party were not obeyed leading to their loss,” she said in a media interview amidst wild jubilation with her church members last Sunday following Mr Mahama’s win of the 2024 elections.

The question remains though that are electoral prophecies re­ally from God or they are borne out of one’s love and affinity to parties involved?

 By Abigail Annoh