{"id":9514,"date":"2025-11-17T07:49:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=9514"},"modified":"2025-11-17T07:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:49:51","slug":"igbos-are-the-problem-of-nigeria-theres-a-curse-on-igbos-pastor-ayodele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/11\/17\/igbos-are-the-problem-of-nigeria-theres-a-curse-on-igbos-pastor-ayodele\/","title":{"rendered":"Igbos are the problem of Nigeria, There&#8217;s a curse on Igbos\u201d -Pastor Ayodele"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"246\"><strong data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"246\">Pastor Ayodele Sparks Outrage With Statement Targeting the Igbo Community in his Sunday sermon, calling a whole tribe a curse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Igbos are the problem of Nigeria. They are desperate for power and want to rule Nigeria at all costs. There&#8217;s a curse on Igbos,\u201d -Pastor Ayodele<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"448\">A fresh wave of controversy has hit social media after Prophet Ayodele, founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, made a highly provocative remark about the Igbo ethnic group in his bigotry preaching during his Sunday preaching in his church, NRI.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"507\">During a recent address, Pastor Ayodele\u00a0 stated:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"644\"><strong data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"644\">The Igbos are the problem of Nigeria. They are desperate for power and want to rule Nigeria at all costs. There&#8217;s a curse on Igbos.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"904\">The statement, which spread rapidly across social media platforms, triggered immediate backlash from citizens nationwide. Many Nigerians condemned the comment as divisive, especially at a time when ethnic tension remains a sensitive national issue.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1166\">Social commentators, civil society groups, and Igbo organisations called the pastor\u2019s words \u201cdangerous,\u201d warning that such rhetoric could fuel ethnic hostility. Others questioned why a religious leader would make comments that could undermine national unity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1168\" data-end=\"1410\">As reactions continue to pour in, Pastor Ayodele has not publicly clarified or retracted the statement. Nigerians await a formal response from the church leadership, while various groups call for responsible communication from public figures.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1583\">The incident has once again reopened conversations about ethnic stereotypes, political competition, and the responsibility of influential voices in shaping public opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Ayodele Sparks Outrage With Statement Targeting the Igbo Community in his Sunday sermon, calling a whole tribe a curse The Igbos are the problem of Nigeria. They are desperate for power and want&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9518,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9514\/revisions\/9518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}