The prophecy of Nigerian clergyman Primate Elijah Ayodele appears to have come to fruition with the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio, a prominent Ecuadorian politician and presidential candidate in the upcoming general election. Ayodele’s prophecy, recorded in his annual book of prophecy (2022/2023), foretold political unrest and attacks in Ecuador, leading to the resignation of President Guillermo Lasso.
This was one of the many visions he saw for Ecuador.
‘’The country will face political tension. They will protest against the president and a vote of no confidence will be passed on him. The citizen will go against the policy of the government and the government will not perform well. The government will have several constraints and must be careful in the coming elections not to lose his position and for his party not to be condemned. The government will fail to achieve big. There will be a lot of developmental projects to be carried out in the country that will worry the government. There will be too much of conflicts in the country. There will be protests and attacks in the country. There will be things that will come up in the country that will bring issues for the country. The country will protest against hardship, injustice and Human Rights abuse and of course, the country will face several challenges,’’ the prophecy reads in part.
Record has it that Ecuador has not known peace in the past few years, particularly since Lasso became President of the country.
There has been underlying cases of crimes, particularly of drug trafficking, linked with political bodies in the country for a long while and it’s as though, Ecuador has been sitting in a gun powder.
In his prophecy, Ayodele described a scenario of political tension, citizen protests, a vote of no confidence against the president, and a government struggling to address developmental challenges and conflicts. The recent murder of Villavicencio, who was investigating corruption in the country, triggered widespread protests and calls for President Lasso’s resignation. Another confirmation of the prophecy coming to play?
Also, to confirm Prophet Ayodele’s prophetic utterances, President Lasso in 2020 was almost evicted from the seat of power in 2022, following the mass protest and vote of no confidence passed on him by the National Assembly, which the president narrowly escaped.
According to the citizens, Lasso’s policies has so far promoted injustice, hardship, corruption, human rights abuses and many other negative things. Thus they are passing a vote of no confidence on him.
Lasso had equally said that he was not going to contest for a re-run.
This goes ahead to confirm all of Ayodele’s prophecies as regards Ecuador.
The situation further escalated when President Lasso blamed the assassination on organized crime and declared a state of emergency, while insisting that the scheduled election would proceed as planned. This was backed by the NEC chairman, Diana Atamaint, who also insisted that the scheduled election of August 25th would still hold, despite what has happened.
President Lasso had also asked the US to assist them in the murder investigation.
The U.S. and European Union expressed shock and concern over the incident, and the U.S. has initiated an investigation to assist Ecuador in solving the murder.
“We are horrified by the tragic attack… Violence cannot win. Democracy can,” European Union ambassador to Ecuador Charles-Michel Geurts tweeted.
Recall that the country was thrown into utter confusion on Wednesday night, August 9, when the second most popular presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio was gruesomely murdered by unidentified gunmen at Quito, the State capital, where he just concluded his campaign. Many were injured and one of the suspects was shot by the security personnel.
A police report reveals that six more of the Fernando assassination has been arrested and they are all confined to be foreign Nationals linked to organized crime groups.
The remains of Fernando is currently in the police custody for autopsy.
Since Thursday, there has been massive search in homes by the police and thus far, arms has been recovered. Such as firearms, contraband, submachine gun, grenades, motorbikes and a stolen vehicle.
Villavicencio, the late journalist cum Politician, who wrote about corruption in Ecuador and also served in parliament, had polled at 13% behind lawyer Luisa Gonzalez, who is close to former left-wing president Rafael Correa, in the forth coming election.
Before his death, Villavicencio had alerted that his life was being threatened by the former president Correa (2007-2017), who was sentenced to eight years in prison, after the journalist uncovered his corruption scheme which led to his arrest.
As reactions follows the sad event, Villavicencio closest opponent, Gonzalez and other presidential candidates have condemned the shameful death of their colleague and also declared that every campaign has been suspended till further notice.
“We will never allow such acts to go unpunished. When they touch one, they touch all. When one’s life is at risk, everyone’s life is at risk,” Gonzalez said on his social media handle.
Also Ecuador National Court of Justice president, Ivan Saquicela said Villavicencio’s murder is a painful loss for the country.
“I am very hurt and very worried about Ecuador.”
U.S. Ambassador Mike Fitzpatrick to Ecuador, said he was “deeply shocked” by the assassination, and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, also said the U.S. “condemns this brazen act of violence and assault on Ecuador’s democracy.”
The tragic events in Ecuador serve as a grim confirmation of Ayodele’s prophecies, highlighting the country’s political turmoil and the challenges it faces in maintaining democracy amidst violence and unrest.
