According to Otabil, "He would have made many mistakes, especially on our continent." He made these remarks while preaching on the theme "A Way in the Wilderness" during an event called "Charisma," held at Desert Pastures, a branch of Fountain Gate Chapel (FGC) in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region.
The week-long event, organised by Reverend Eastwood Anaba, Founder of FGC and President of Eastwood Anaba Ministries, was designed to help Christians "Understand the Spirit, follow the Spirit, live by the Spirit, and minister through the Spirit." Speaking as a guest speaker at the function, Pastor Otabil said that God has no say in who is elected and referred to this belief as a lazy way of thinking.
He clarified that it is a way to escape accountability and claim that election results represent God's will when, in reality, they reflect the will of the people. "It is a way of abdicating your responsibility and hoping that whatever comes, it is God's will.
No, it is our will, it is the will of the people." "If you are foolish, you make a foolish choice.