A Nigerian pastor, popularly known as Pastor Dammy Paul, has found himself in the midst of controversy over an alleged fake prophecy concerning the death of the former Group CEO of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe.

Recall that Wigwe, along with his wife, son, a friend, and two pilots, tragically lost their lives in a helicopter crash in the United States recently.

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A few days later, Pastor Paul took to his Facebook account claiming he had foreseen the unfortunate incident and even recorded a video about it.

According to him, the video did not gain traction.

“I prophesied about the Access Bank Owner on Monday, 5th February 2024… It is so painful that he has passed away… Even though the video did not go viral… Yes, that’s what I actually wanted. I don’t want to trend because of another man’s sorrow,” he captioned a repost of what seemed to be the referenced video. Watch the video below.

However, many Facebook users have taken to their profiles to call out the pastor and accuse him of trying to capitalize on another man’s tragedy by posting the video after the accident had occurred.

According to Folasade Ashabi, who had a previous negative experience with the said pastor, the post was backdated to fit the narrative of the late Wigwe’s death.

Additionally, Ashabi shared a post from Elu Omo Elu, who accused the pastor of being a scammer. He wrote:

I saw a video of this pastor on a blog saying he saw a banker whose plane will crash in US. He described it so well like how it happened showing Late Herbert Wigwe. The video hardly has 50views.
I had to go find the page and check the edit history of the post and realized the post has a NEW video added to it this night at 6:18pm and a new caption added saying Let’s pray for this family.
Obviously it’s an after incident video doctored to deceive the public. Some things can’t be hidden.
It’s sad.
After the blogs pushed the video, the pastor came back again and shared the post saying he said it and doesn’t want it to trend whereas in the video, he said people should share widely. Isn’t that self contradicting?

According to Freelanews findings, Facebook has made it possible to backdate posts on your timeline.

Not done, Pastor Paul later claimed the controversial video was pulled down by Meta because it was reported.

Again, he was accused of making it all up. Elu Omo Elu claimed he deleted the post when he realized he was caught backdating the video. He wrote.

Dammy Paul iro lo maa pa e. Awon omo baddest nation la maa ran si e, ki won tun bawa le e lori IG bi a se le e danu lori FB ni 2012. Fake pastor omo ofo elenu bi igba wara
The fake prophesy man of God claimed Facebook deleted video🤣😭… Bloody liar. Something he removed himself when he realized people have discovered he edited old post and add a new video. He thought everyone is mumu here, go to Twitter and see how people backdate posts and claimed it was written years back.
I’m worried for people already asking for his phone no for personal discussion because they feel he sees real vision. Except he repents, he can’t see anything real again.

Is Pastor Dammy Paul a true man of God or just another pastor trying to make a name for himself by using technology to support his prophesies?

According to Ashabi, many people will likely recall the alleged past fraudulent activities of the pastor.

Who remember olosho pastor Dammy Paul in the beginning of Fb fracas then before they sent him on exile? I am sure Ashabi Ibadan will remember him. See he has started his scamming skills again. Sebi he don join Yoruba actors in USA l saw him in few movies. Acting o ta mo, o ti pada si scamming pastor e. Omo ofo o dabi ewure to ku sinu omi

Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

Ojelabi, the publisher of Freelanews, is an award winning and professionally trained mass communicator and a recipient of the D9112 Superstar Icon Award, who writes ruthlessly about pop culture, religion, politics and entertainment.