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The Place Of Prophecy In Sports Predictions: Super Eagles Case Study

Not so many times do you see attention given to what clerics say about the outcomes of sporting events – be it rightly or wrongly predicted.

Most times, what we have is prophets predicting the outcomes of political activities.

However recently we have seen two ‘Men of God’ predict the outcomes of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

One of the prophetic messages comes from Primate Elijah Ayodele who before the start of the tournament rightly predicted that the Super Eagles will not win the 33rd edition of the AFCON.

Ayodele of INRI Envagelical Spiritual Church revealed that the Eagles will not win the tournament in Cameroon and will be eliminated in a way that suggests that the Eagles will be unjustly ousted.

With the controversial penalty decision witnessed in the match against Tunisia and the red card handed to Alex Iwobi, it is rational to say that the prophetic message about the Eagles is indeed accurate.

Primate Ayodele predicted that the Eagles will however qualify for the World Cup at the expense of Ghana but has warned against relieving Austin Eguavoen of the Eagles coaching role before the 2022 FIFA World playoffs.

A yet to be identified prophet in a viral video afterwards predicted that a North African team will win the tournament in Cameroon.

Egypt is the only north African team left in the tournament. The Pharaohs will face hosts Cameroon in the semi-finals clash on Thursday. It is just about 48 hours away from us confirming it.

Should these prophets’ messages come to pass, it might be a new vista in Sports predictions. One that is divinely approved.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.