Social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has criticised Pastor Arome Osayi following a sermon in which the cleric described spiritual revival as part of Nigeria’s national calling.
VDM shared his reaction in an Instagram video on Sunday, September 27, 2026, where he questioned the impact of the kind of religious preaching associated with Osayi.
VDM criticises Pastor Arome Osayi
The social media commentator argued that excessive reliance on religious intervention could discourage Nigerians from focusing on innovation, creativity and practical solutions to the country’s challenges.
He claimed that religious activities have contributed to a culture where people with the potential to create new ideas instead spend much of their time hoping for miracles.
“It is this kind of preaching that put Nigeria where it is today. The church and the mosque have contributed to why we are still laid back as a nation. The people that are meant to be innovative and creative are praying every day for a miracle,” VDM said.
He further compared Nigeria with countries that have achieved significant technological advancement, arguing that Nigerians have the intellectual ability to achieve similar progress.
“These nations that we look up to have the same brain like us. But instead of us to use our own brains, we’ll go to church,” he added.
VDM also defended Nigerians who travel overseas to learn about new technologies and later return with knowledge that could contribute to development.
In the caption accompanying his video, he directly addressed Pastor Arome Osayi, writing:
“@apostlearome a day will come where your likes will be spat on when you walk, you are destroying the future of our great nations with these f@ke ministrations….”
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Solomon Buchi questions Nigeria’s revival
Relationship coach and social commentator Solomon Buchi also joined the conversation in a separate video shared on the same day.
Rather than focusing solely on Pastor Arome Osayi, Buchi raised broader questions about the influence of Christianity on Nigerian society and whether the country’s religious growth has produced corresponding changes in people’s conduct.
He pointed to the large number of churches in Nigeria and questioned what he described as the evidence of a national spiritual revival.
“Nigeria has over 100,000 churches. Nigeria ranks as the third country with the most number of churches in the world. What is the proof of this revival in Nigeria?” he asked.
Buchi speaks on changing perception of Christians
Buchi also reflected on what he described as a decline in the perception of Christians as people of strong moral character.
“There was a time in Nigeria that employers used to seek Christians to give them jobs because they knew they wouldn’t lie, they knew they wouldn’t steal, they knew they wouldn’t take bribes. Now, immediately you start sounding too Christian-ese, people begin to look at you in a very fishy way,” he said.
He questioned whether religious commitment has translated into meaningful personal transformation and ethical behaviour.
“What is the essence of faith if we cannot see a testimony of an internal regeneration? What is this thing that we’re doing without virtue?”
Buchi later captioned his post:
“If the calling of Nigeria is actually revival and Christianity, then it has failed at it. Over 100,000 churches in Nigeria and an average Nigerian is still corrupt, dubious and evil. Is this thing we are doing really Christianity?”
The reactions from VDM and Buchi came amid an ongoing online debate over Pastor Arome Osayi’s sermon and his description of Nigeria’s spiritual role.
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