The Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Apostle Isaac Owusu-Bempah, has clarified his earlier controversial prophecy about President John Dramani Mahama.
According to Rev Owusu-Bempah, he had previously prophesied at a time when John Mahama was an opposition leader that the then former president could never become president again because his hands were “full of blood.”
Speaking in an interview on GHOne TV on December 6, 2017, Rev Owusu-Bempah stated that God had revealed to him that any attempt to return Mahama to the presidency would be futile.
“No human being can change what God has said. I respect former President Mahama but God says he can never be president of the country again. He has been helpful to Ghana and has done what he can, so I wish him well in all his endeavors. But to become the president of Ghana, it will never happen,” he said at the time.
A few months prior to that interview, Rev Owusu-Bempah had also claimed that God had rejected Mahama because he had ‘soiled his hands with innocent blood.’
“I will urge the NDC to stop considering the president for 2020 because he won’t win and can never win an election again. Those campaigning for him to be brought back should stop, because if they succeed in getting him to lead the NDC in 2020, the party will lose again and remain in opposition for a long time,” he stated.
However, in a recent clarification, the man of God explained that his prophecy came with a condition that Mahama could still become president if “a mighty hand” delivered him from the curse that barred him from returning to the presidency.
“People say Prophet Owusu-Bempah said President Mahama can never be president again but they have forgotten that God revealed to me in 2021 that he could become president again only if a mighty hand helps him.
“He needed the hand of an anointed man of God. If that mighty hand of God fell on him, he could become president again. They have forgotten that mighty men of God prayed for him to fulfill what God said,” Owusu-Bempah explained.
He added that several prominent pastors, including Rev Sam Korankye Ankrah, joined other powerful men of God to pray for Mahama, leading to the fulfillment of the divine revelation.
“All men of God met to pray for him. Sam Korankye Ankrah and other powerful pastors were there and all of them prayed for Mahama. After that, I and another man of God, an archbishop, also prayed for him and all hindrances were removed,” he said.
President John Dramani Mahama went on to win the 2024 general elections, defeating the then–NPP presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
