Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s flag bearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says when prophecy becomes campaigning, there is a problem.

This follows intense prophetic declarations that accompanied the party’s presidential primaries contest.

Speaking on Channel One TV on Sunday, Mr Aboagye said he believes deeply in God, miracles and prophecy, but warned that spiritual pronouncements must not cross into political mobilisation.

“I am a Jesus-believing Christian. I believe in miracles. I still believe that the miracles that we read in the Bible do still happen, and I so strongly believe that God still speaks to his people through prophets,” he said.

He stressed, however, that scripture also warns believers to exercise discernment.

“I also believe in the Bible that tells me that there are false prophets and there are true prophets. And the Bible says that we should always pray for discernment to be able to decipher between the false prophets and the true prophet,” he stated.

Mr Aboagye said this belief is why he does not publicly attack religious leaders.

“That is why I do not speak against any prophet, because I wasn’t there when God was speaking to them,” he said.

He explained that prophecy, by its nature, does not always imply a public declaration or a certain outcome.

“When prophets speak, I listen, but I also pray to God, and I always knew that some of the prophets were right and some were wrong,” he said.

He added that biblical history shows that even genuine prophets can err.

“There are several examples in the Bible where God punished his own children. That does not necessarily mean that those people are not men of God,” he said.

Mr Aboagye said a prophet may genuinely hear from God but still falter.

“There may be a prophet who really, truly sees and hears from God, but maybe in this particular instance, he may have offended God,” he said.

He noted that some prophecies during the campaign were accurate. “There are prophets who predicted right that Dr Bawumia would win, and he has won,” he said.

Dr Bawumia was declared the winner of the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer race after securing 56.48 per cent of the total votes cast.

His closest contender, former Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong, placed second with 46,554 votes, representing 23.76 per cent.

The contest was marked by numerous prophecies and spiritual declarations, many of which became public campaign talking points.

Mr Aboagye said his concern is not prophecy itself, but how it is sometimes handled.

“My advocacy and my admonishment to the men of God is that, please, if you know God has not spoken to you, and even that, apart from that, if God doesn’t tell you to go and announce, yeah, rushing to announce him,” he said.

He explained that scripture shows that divine revelation often comes with clear instructions.

“Anytime God reveals something to any of the prophets, sometimes you say, go and tell them. There are days also that these prophets would pray to God, and God will simply reveal to them what the issues are, without necessarily giving them instructions to go and tell,” he said.

Mr Aboagye warned that problems arise when prophecy turns into active political engagement.

“But your Prophet and God speaks to you, and now, after saying what God has told you, you even begin to do more of the physical work than miracles,” he said. “Then there is a problem.”