Malawi President Joyce Banda left her country today on a South Africa Airways flight to Lagos, to begin a three-day private visit to Nigeria.
Interestingly, the official came to visit neither President Goodluck Jonathan nor the First Lady Patience Jonathan.
Mrs. Banda is heading to Lagos , where she will be staying for 3 days as the VIP guest at Pastor TB Joshua’ s Synagogue of All Nations, to receive prayers for herself and her small country.
At the departure ceremony in Lilongwe she said she wanted to use the time to reflect on 2013 and and what lies ahead in 2014. Mrs .
It would be recalled that Joynce Banda is due to face a general election in May 2014.
According to her words, she has been coming to Nigeria for prayers in the last 5 years , and this visit is normal.
"Some of you may be aware that I go for prayers in Nigeria. This year I also decided to take a three- day holiday for prayers ," she said . She calls TB Joshua her spiritual father.
She was seen off at the airport by VP Khumbo Kachali . And she is expected back in Malawi on New Year's Eve.
President Banda’s ascendancy to power is said to be connected to the prophecy of the TB Joshua who was said to have predicted the death of former Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika.
President Banda had visited Nigeria more than once before she ascended the presidency.
TB Joshua’ s Synagogue has been a favourite destination of some African leaders, including the late Professor Atta Mills of Ghana.
Source: The Paradigm
culled from: Talkofnaija.com
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