For three different times, South Africa-based Nigerian cleric, Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse, who is the General Overseer of Freedom For All Nations Outreach (FANO), predicted the resignation of Jacob Zuma as the country’s President.
On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, Zuma announced his resignation from office, paving way for the ruling African Nation Congress (ANC) party to announce a new leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, who is now the country’s President.
In 2016, Prophet Akinbodunse first warned the President from re-shuffling his cabinet, and also in September 2017 and December 31st, 2017, he said Zuma will face recall in the first quarter of 2018.
Ace Magashule, Secretary General of the ANC, said that the party had not given Zuma a deadline to respond, but added that he was certain that the President would deliver a reply the next day. “Let’s leave it to President Jacob Zuma,” Mr. Magashule said at a news conference at party headquarters in Johannesburg.
The extraordinary confrontation between Zuma and ANC leaders heightened a power struggle within the party that has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid and has become less known for its heroic past than for widespread corruption and mismanagement.
The power struggle paralyzed South Africa, which has the continent’s largest economy.
In what appeared to be a turning point, the ANC, for the first time, moved decisively against the leader it had shielded for the past nine years against a seemingly endless series of accusations of misconduct.
But in an indication of what may be the limits of the ANC’s self-inquiry, party leaders stated that Zuma was being dismissed because he was harming the party’s prospects — not because of the ethical issues surrounding him.
It would be recalled that it was the same prophet who warned president Buhari not to contest in 2019 else it would lead to grave danger.
