AROME OSAYI IS THE RAINMAKER (PART I)

“When a Mere Man Claims Power Over the Weather”

By Akin Ojumu

Apparently, we have been grossly underestimating Arome Osayi.

Just when you think you have finally reached the outer limits of his reported supernatural résumé, another astonishing credential appears.

Evidently, we are still scratching the surface.

We already learned of the extraordinary claim that Arome Osayi was apparently important enough in the spiritual realm for Satan to seek his assistance in connection with a critical mission in England.

That was impressive enough. But now comes the meteorological department.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Arome Osayi, the Weatherman and Rainmaker.

According to his own testimony, this is not merely a man who preaches sermons, conducts meetings, and prays for the sick. 

No. Apparently, he also exercises operational control over atmospheric conditions.

Rain falling on your outdoor crusade? Call Arome.

Clouds refusing to cooperate with the program? Call Arome.

Port Harcourt weather becoming inconvenient? No problem.

The man says he can shut it down. And, according to his account, he once did precisely that at the University of Port Harcourt. 

The rain was falling, Arome issued his command, and—presto—the heavens complied.

Meeting saved. Sermon preached. Souls called. Mission accomplished.

There was only one small administrative oversight:

Arome apparently forgot to turn the rain back on.

Fortunately, according to his story, God was monitoring the situation.

So, later that night, as Arome prepared to sleep, God supposedly reminded His servant that the atmospheric tap was still closed:

“When you shut the heavens, before you sleep, loosen it.”

Imagine the scene.

The sovereign Creator of Heaven and earth apparently reminding Arome Osayi to restore the weather settings before bedtime.

“Brother Arome, wonderful meeting today. One small thing before you turn in: you left the heavens shut.”

Arome apologizes. He issues another command. And fifteen minutes later, according to him, the rain resumes. 

Crisis averted. Port Harcourt’s hydrological cycle restored.

If you think I am embellishing, listen to the man himself:

“You know I have, for good reasons…Maybe we want to do an outdoor meeting and it’s raining, call me. I will stop it. For good reasons. I don’t do it in the flesh. But I have power over…over the weather. And I have exercised it many times in Africa…in Port Harcourt. Who…who is from Port Harcourt? You know the kind of rain there. I was in the University of Port Harcourt, and it was raining, and I said, ‘Hey!’ The thing…the thing…And you know where I’m talking about. I’m talking about rain forest. It stopped raining. I finished my business of preaching. Called the souls that had to be saved. Right? And that night a lady that was deaf for thirty years began to hear. That was the meeting that made our pastor in Texas – she was in that meeting – to follow me.

“In the night when I was about to sleep, God now said, ‘When you shut the heavens, before you sleep, loosen it.’ So, I…I apologize. I said, ‘Ok, O heavens, give your strength.’ Fifteen minutes, it began to rain.

“I have power. I know I have that power. There are somethings he will give you while…if it’s true you will keep his laws. Oh! If I stand before asthma, the person will be healed. Now, I don’t need to…this...it’s given unto me. It is given unto me. And I’m not saying it boastfully. I say it in the authority of a missionary. A one that…one that Jesus has sent forth. O my God.”

There you have it.

“I have power.”

“I know I have that power.”

Power over the weather. Power to “shut the heavens.” Power to “loosen” them again.

And apparently also standing supernatural guarantee against asthma:

“If I stand before asthma, the person will be healed.”

At this rate, one wonders what remains outside the jurisdiction of Arome Osayi Ministries.

Rainfall? Handled.

Asthma? Handled.

Deafness? Reportedly handled.

Spiritual missions involving Satan and England? Apparently somewhere on the résumé too.

One almost expects the next testimony to involve redirecting hurricanes, negotiating with earthquakes, or asking the Atlantic Ocean to move three feet to the left because it is interfering with a conference.

But beneath the comedy is something profoundly serious.

Notice how steadily the spotlight moves toward the man:

“I have power.”

“I know I have that power.”

“It is given unto me.”

This is precisely why extravagant supernatural claims should never be granted immunity from biblical scrutiny simply because they are wrapped in religious vocabulary.

The question is not how confidently a man announces his power. The question is whether Scripture gives Christians any reason to believe that individual so-called powerfully anointed preacher possesses personal, discretionary authority over the weather that they may deploy whenever rainfall inconveniences an outdoor meeting.

Because once we reach the point where a preacher portrays himself as shutting the heavens while God reminds him to reopen them before bedtime, we are no longer merely discussing a dramatic testimony.

We are confronting a theology of spiritual power in which the servant begins to sound remarkably like the one controlling the switches.

In Part II, we will examine the warped theology that forms the foundation of Arome Osayi’s hubris.