Latter Rain Assembly Pastor Tunde Bakare said he had been instructed by God to run for president, Punch writes.
That was said during the crossover service of his Church at the Latter Rain Assembly.
Bakare, vice presidential candidate for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2011, said that God told him not to end his "political career".
He added that political giants would fall "under the feet of women". He said: