‘N150m Can’t Buy My Shoe’ — Primate Ayodele Labels Adelabu ‘Small Boy’ Over Extortion Claim

Primate Elijah Ayodele, founder and head of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, says N150 million is not enough to buy his shoe and has described the Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, as a “small boy” over an alleged extortion claim.

Speaking during a service at his church in Oke Afa, Lagos, on Sunday, Ayodele said Adelabu is upset because he knows he will fail again in his gubernatorial bid.

The cleric was responding to a report by TheCable that Adelabu had petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS), accusing Ayodele of blackmail and attempting to extort N150 million.

Adelabu, who has contested the Oyo governorship election twice and plans to run again in 2027, claimed Ayodele demanded 1,000 saxophones and trumpets—ranging from N50 million for used Nigerian-grade instruments to N130 million for imported grade-one pieces.

According to the minister, his refusal to meet these demands prompted Ayodele to make false prophecies intended to damage his reputation and political ambitions.

Ayodele denied the allegations, saying the minister approached him out of desperation.

During the service, he described Adelabu as “a boy” who “doesn’t understand what he is saying”.

“I can’t disappoint you. I can only disappoint you when you are not a good person. I carry something bigger than me,” Ayodele said.

I am not doing prophecies to impress you or invite you to me. I don’t do prophecies for you to come and do enquiries. Take it, or you leave it.

“If I collected money, I would openly say I collected money. But I did not collect money, and I did not invite him. So, the boy doesn’t understand what he is saying. He is a boy. He doesn’t understand. Don’t give power to those who have mouth diarrhoea.

“Can N150 million buy my car? The shoe I wear, can N150 million buy it? Leave that person alone. He is a small boy. He knows he has lost that why he is pained.”

Titilope Adako

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