Ghanaian preacher Nicholas Osei, popularly known as Prophet Kumchacha, has bemoaned unsavoury comments that have greeted his declaration to run for the presidency.
About a week ago, flyers purported to be from the founder and leader of Heaven’s Gate Ministries camp announcing his intention to run for the 2024 Presidential race surfaced online.
This triggered mixed reactions from some social media users who raised doubts about the authenticity of the poster until Prophet Kumchacha confirmed the reports.
Others were quick to opine that the controversial man of God doesn’t have what it takes to be the President of Ghana even if his intention was true.
In response, he has described persons who cast aspersions over his presidential ambition as fools and senseless people.
Speaking in an interview with Halifax on the Accra-based Okay FM, the preacher noted that it is okay for people to weigh the pros and cons of his victory but not go as far as to say he isn’t a good fit for the nation.
“We’ve got to a point where we need to give spiritual leaders a chance to lead this country. You have every right to speculate whether I will win or not. But when you say I’m not qualified to be a president, then you’re a fool.
“If a gentleman like me says I want to contest and I make my arrangements but you utter unnecessary words like ‘he doesn’t qualify’, that’s stupid,” he said.
Prophet Kumchacha further noted that nothing happens physically without approval from the spiritual realm, citing some former Presidents never knew they were capable of being leaders of nations until the opportunity availed itself.
“No one was born to be president from their mother’s womb, they need to work towards it. Akufo-Addo did something and that is why he is president,” he said.
“Rawlings used to order beans and gari and paid later, he didn’t even know he would be president. The door opened and he became president. Sometimes it’s not only about the physical but the spiritual,” he added.
