The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso has reportedly picked Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate for the 2023 elections.
NNPP disclosed this in a tweet on its Twitter handle on Thursday “Our VP Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa from Edo State.”
Bishop Idahosa who hails from Edo State is the Senior Pastor of God First Ministry, a.k.a Illumination Assembly.
The church has its headquarters in Lekki, Lagos State.
The man of God is a gospel singer who is popularly known as ‘Prophet Talk Na Do’ by his congregation.
This followed the inability of the party to form an alliance with the Labour Party, LP, for the presidential elections.
Kwankwaso and the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had during talks for an alliance, disagreed on who should deputize each other.
According to one of his online profiles, Idahosa who is now 57 years old, was born into the family of 6 children and he is the 3rd.
He is married to Christie Idahosa and both have 2 children.
He is the presiding Bishop, Illumination Assembly, Lekki Light Centre(LLC). The church was started in Minna, Niger State, more than 25 years ago, after he gave his life to Christ in 1979.
Isaac Idahosa’s ministry is rumoured to be worth over three billion naira.
He is also a gospel musician and has 3 albums to his credit.
He grew up in Niger state and had his formal education there, enjoying scholarship up to the university level.