Badu Kobi SaysGod Ordered Church
By Gifty Boateng
Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, founder of the Glorious Waves Church, has dismissed speculation that he is selling his church because of financial distress or abandonment by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
In a media tour on Okay FM and Radio XYZ, he insisted the decision was a direct instruction from God and that his relationship with President John Dramani Mahama remains strong.
Reports surfaced on 5 May that the outspoken prophet had put his Sakumono Estate church up for sale, with a self-described junior pastor claiming the price was $1.5 million.
The unnamed pastor alleged that Badu Kobi’s open affiliation with the NDC had destroyed his ministry, leaving him abandoned and in debt.
Badu Kobi acknowledged the junior pastor “Bright”, a man he said he had worked with for 23 years but called his claims false. “I will not use God to pay debt,” he said. “This is a direction from God… I am selling it because of obedience, not to settle any debt.”
He compared his situation to biblical stories of Isaac moving from well to well at God’s command. “God sent us to Sakumono Estate and said we should move… leave everything and start all over again at a new branch.”
The prophet strongly rejected allegations that the NDC had abandoned him. “President Mahama will not turn his back on me. Mama Lordina will not turn her back on me,” he said, naming Roads Minister Hon. Agbodza, Hon. Kofi Armah Buah, lawyer Sammy Gyamfi, and Hon. Sam George as appointees who “will never disappoint me”.
He acknowledged that some NDC figures pretend not to know him after gaining power “but there is time for everything” and stressed his gratitude to the President. “If you see President Mahama, thank him for me.”
Badu Kobi revealed that his decision to campaign publicly for Mahama’s return was itself a divine order. “God said President Mahama was destined to come back and Badu Kobi must play a part.”
He and his team toured all 276 constituencies, spending “thousands of dollars” to shift parliamentary seats to the NDC.
He also accused the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of targeting him. “NPP messed me up in terms of my business,” he said, alleging airport harassment and a “political agenda with some pastors behind it to bring me down”.
He claimed Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo‑Markin apologised on the party’s behalf in Kumasi, admitting: “Because what we did against you, that is why this result came.”
Badu Kobi said he had forgiven the NPP, but made clear his spiritual work contributed to their unprecedented electoral defeat. “When I was doing the spiritual work, I did it in such a way before my God that they should lose… they will know it was because of what we did against this man.”
· Asset sale: Whether the church building is actually sold and at what price, and where Badu Kobi’s ministry relocates.
· Political fallout: His claims of NPP harassment and a pastor‑led conspiracy could fuel further opposition accusations of state‑sponsored persecution under the previous government.
· NDC loyalty: The prophet’s named list of loyal appointees may create discomfort within government circles, especially if any are seen as too closely tied to a controversial religious figure.
Badu Kobi has turned a potential scandal into a testimony of obedience and political revenge.
Whether God or debt is the true driver of the sale, his narrative reinforces his role as a spiritual actor who claims to have helped shape Ghana’s 2024 election outcome and expects his political allies to remember it.