The founder and leader of the Glorious Wave Church, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, has stated that President-elect John Mahama would have won the 2024 presidential election with over 60% of the total valid votes cast if the election had gone to a run-off.
According to him, several factors contributed to the victory of .
He explained how God directed him to cause voter apathy in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) stronghold, especially in the Ashanti region, to ensure the NDC's win.
Speaking in a sermon to his congregation on Sunday, December 22, 2024, he stated, "On the day of the elections, when you were voting, Pastor Acquah was in the village, Pastor Bright was in Accra, and I was in Kumasi, walking through Kumasi, stopping everything that would be functioning." He continued, "So, at 4:00 o'clock in Kumasi, they were calling people, asking, won't you come out and vote?