“Concerning the race for speakership race, it was almost the same story to how I won the election to the House. Some of our members and the powers that be said they did not want a fundamentalist Christian, that I am a fanatic.
Giving his testimony at a special
pilgrimage programme: “A day with Jesus for Nigeria in Israel,”
organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), held at
the International Conference Centre (ICC), Jerusalem, Dogara, who
emphasised the importance of prayers in the affairs of a nation and
individuals, said he had lost hope of becoming the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, as many forces were against him until God himself
intervened.
“At a point, I decided to leave
everything to God, having realised that human efforts were not working,
even my supporters had resolved to accept the deputy speakership offer,
which I declined.
“In the process, I think a few days,
thereafter, that I ran into my brother, the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo
Fayose, for the very first time. When I got to him, I did not know I
was coming to meet a prophet, I thought I was coming to see a
politician.
“If they had told me what happened that
day was going to happen, I would not have believed it. When we got to
him (Fayose), he took us to a swimming pool, told everybody to remove
his/her shoes, asked us to hold our hands, kneel down and he started
praying.
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