'I held meetings with snakes': Shocking
Confessions Of Former Super Eagles Idaho Peterside
A startling interview conducted several years ago
with former Super Eagles goalkeeper and
SuperSport football analyst turned Pastor, Idaho Peterside, has surfaced online.
Among other things, the ex-soccer star reveals his
haunting journey into occultism, how his first
marriage crashed and his relationship with
controversial pastor T.B. Joshua.
“It was so bad for me that I even went into
demonic worship; I was involved in occultism and
people didn’t know,” Peterside told Nigerian
Vanguard Newspapers in an exclusive interview in
May 2009.
“I did all that because I wanted money and fame
which were not coming. My case was so bad that I
used to have meetings with snakes. Mine was top
class; it was crazy.”
Explaining how he delved into the dark world of
occultism, the popular football analyst revealed,
“While we were preparing for Rivers ’88 in Port
Harcourt, we were camped in a school called
Enitonia High School and the school didn’t have a
good toilet. On a particular day while I was going
to the toilet near a building, I heard a voice say,
‘We want to bless you if you work for us’. Then I
said, ‘Who are you?’ And the voice said, ‘Turn to
your left’. When I turned, I saw a very big and
lengthy snake, as big as a python, and it was as if
the snake was looking at me. Then I started
shivering like I had seen a ghost. You may not
believe it but from that moment, I saw those
snakes every night when I went to sleep.”
According to Peterside, who now pastors a church
called ‘Christ Ambassadors Church’ in South
Africa, his major activity was to ‘initiate’ women
by sleeping with them. “What actually took me to
the next level in occultism was dependent on the
number of women I slept with because my
covenant was to initiate women. I didn’t sleep with
them for love or any relationship; my mission was
just to initiate them and move on,” he explained.
“Automatically, every women I slept with was
initiated – no argument. I was basically looking
out for and sleeping with virgins because it was a
blood covenant. You know, blood is spilled when
you dis-virgin a girl. It was crazy.”
In reward for his devilish actions, Idah stated that
he lacked nothing materially and even possessed
strange powers within his eyes. “I got used to the
snakes and when I had any problem, I’ll just tell
them what I needed,” he told Vanguard.
“Before I knew it, money would come from
nowhere – money worth as much as N5000 which
was big then. Those days, when I signed for
Sharks Football Club, my sign off fee was N1000 –
just to tell you the worth of N5000 then. Things
were happening for me and there was nothing I
asked any person for that I didn’t get. All I needed
do was turn around and look into your eyes –
anything I said was done, whether man or
woman.”
In 1996 however, the young man tearfully turned to
God in prayer, realising he was treading a path
toward destruction. “I was calling on God to
forgive me, to save me. While I was praying, sitting
and crying, suddenly I got filled with the Holy Spirit
and started speaking in tongues,” he recalled.
“The next morning, as I went to the toilet, I saw
those demonic people appear to me and say, ‘We’ll
kill you’ – and I ran out Unclad from the toilet. I
got so involved in church activities that in three
months, I was teaching the Bible at home. In six
months, I took off from Iwuanyanwu Nationale and
went to Bible school. Since then, I’ve remained in
the church.”
When asked his greatest regret, the footballer who
plied his trade in Nigeria, Israel and South Africa
revealed it was the collapse of his first marriage.
“The greatest mistake I made in my life was to
marry a foreigner. I was married to the South
African lady for eight and a half years and it just
didn’t work. The lady was beautiful but the culture
and beliefs weren’t the same at all. Today, I look
around and advise young ones who would listen to
marry from their fatherland.
Idah revealed that his wife was lured away by a
South African musician, almost causing the
collapse of his young church. “While we were
married, she was also the worship leader in my
church and we invited one musician from Cape
Town to join in our worship section,” he
reminisced. “I didn’t know he was also worshiping
my wife away. One day, she called the lawyer and
everything I worked for was gone. It was the most
difficult period of my life.”
According to him, the persecution he endured at
this period was pivotal to his ministry growth later
on. “Any pastor that has not passed through
persecution has not crossed to the next level. I
would sit in my room to cry and the devil would be
telling me that I don’t deserve to be a pastor when
I can’t even keep a wife.”
“It’s a pity that some people do not realise that
pastors go through pain like every other person.
People were saying all sorts of things because they
didn’t know my story and what I was passing
through. People kill others sometimes with words
and not knives or guns. Before the breakup of our
marriage, our ministry had about 250 members
and after that, the number came down to about 90
members. It was shocking but the Bible says that
all things work together for good to them that do
the will of God.”
Since, Idah has remarried and his church has
grown steadily, even starting a television station
called ‘Ambassadors TV’ which broadcasts its
church services in South Africa.
When asked about his alleged relationship with
Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of
All Nations (SCOAN), the one-time Super Eagles
media officer under Shaibu Amodu, was
unequivocal. “T.B. Joshua is my friend and I don’t
care what people think about it,” he said, adding
that his years in darkness increased his
discernment to know genuine or fake pastors.
“There was an issue I had with a sick woman in
my church and while I was praying for her in my
closet God spoke to me and said, ‘Go to T.B.
Joshua.’ Remember that I’ve served the devil, so I
know when I see one. I said, ‘Ah! God, go to that
man who I’ve heard terrible things about’ and he
said, ‘Yes’.
Upon meeting Joshua, Peterside concluded that
most negative perceptions about him were based
on ‘hearsay’. “If you ask 90% of people who
criticise him, they’ll tell you that they have heard
so and so speculations and that is the problem. I
want to say that it is a shame to the pastors and
bishops who criticize him to allow him continue
operating if he’s of the devil. I mean, if he’s
operating under the influence of the devil, they
should go and deliver him. If Joshua is of the devil
then it means the devil has raised a standard and
has told the church that satan even does more.”
Describing Joshua as ‘one of the greatest living
prophets’, he continued, “It is impossible for any
demon to deliver another demon. I know because I
have served the devil. If TB Joshua were of the
devil, he would not be delivering people. I want to
warn all those people gossiping about him – have
you met him? What was your encounter with him
and so on? People should not forget that the
greatest weapon of the devil is rumor and
scandal.”
Explaining what convinced him of Joshua’s
authenticity despite the myriad of controversies
surrounding him, Peterside revealed an interesting
encounter. “There was a pastor friend of mine that
wanted to meet Joshua in South Africa and I took
him to Joshua. While we sat down in his house,
T.B. Joshua walked in and pointed at the man,
saying, ‘You call yourself a man of God and you
are misbehaving with a woman who’s not your
wife – is that how a pastor should behave?’ T.B.
Joshua refused to pray for the man. He told the
man that those of who call ourselves men of God
should live holy before God. Now tell me – will a
sinner convict a sinner like this? And the man
confessed and asked God to forgive him.”
Confessions Of Former Super Eagles Idaho Peterside
A startling interview conducted several years ago
with former Super Eagles goalkeeper and
SuperSport football analyst turned Pastor, Idaho Peterside, has surfaced online.
Among other things, the ex-soccer star reveals his
haunting journey into occultism, how his first
marriage crashed and his relationship with
controversial pastor T.B. Joshua.
“It was so bad for me that I even went into
demonic worship; I was involved in occultism and
people didn’t know,” Peterside told Nigerian
Vanguard Newspapers in an exclusive interview in
May 2009.
“I did all that because I wanted money and fame
which were not coming. My case was so bad that I
used to have meetings with snakes. Mine was top
class; it was crazy.”
Explaining how he delved into the dark world of
occultism, the popular football analyst revealed,
“While we were preparing for Rivers ’88 in Port
Harcourt, we were camped in a school called
Enitonia High School and the school didn’t have a
good toilet. On a particular day while I was going
to the toilet near a building, I heard a voice say,
‘We want to bless you if you work for us’. Then I
said, ‘Who are you?’ And the voice said, ‘Turn to
your left’. When I turned, I saw a very big and
lengthy snake, as big as a python, and it was as if
the snake was looking at me. Then I started
shivering like I had seen a ghost. You may not
believe it but from that moment, I saw those
snakes every night when I went to sleep.”
According to Peterside, who now pastors a church
called ‘Christ Ambassadors Church’ in South
Africa, his major activity was to ‘initiate’ women
by sleeping with them. “What actually took me to
the next level in occultism was dependent on the
number of women I slept with because my
covenant was to initiate women. I didn’t sleep with
them for love or any relationship; my mission was
just to initiate them and move on,” he explained.
“Automatically, every women I slept with was
initiated – no argument. I was basically looking
out for and sleeping with virgins because it was a
blood covenant. You know, blood is spilled when
you dis-virgin a girl. It was crazy.”
In reward for his devilish actions, Idah stated that
he lacked nothing materially and even possessed
strange powers within his eyes. “I got used to the
snakes and when I had any problem, I’ll just tell
them what I needed,” he told Vanguard.
“Before I knew it, money would come from
nowhere – money worth as much as N5000 which
was big then. Those days, when I signed for
Sharks Football Club, my sign off fee was N1000 –
just to tell you the worth of N5000 then. Things
were happening for me and there was nothing I
asked any person for that I didn’t get. All I needed
do was turn around and look into your eyes –
anything I said was done, whether man or
woman.”
In 1996 however, the young man tearfully turned to
God in prayer, realising he was treading a path
toward destruction. “I was calling on God to
forgive me, to save me. While I was praying, sitting
and crying, suddenly I got filled with the Holy Spirit
and started speaking in tongues,” he recalled.
“The next morning, as I went to the toilet, I saw
those demonic people appear to me and say, ‘We’ll
kill you’ – and I ran out Unclad from the toilet. I
got so involved in church activities that in three
months, I was teaching the Bible at home. In six
months, I took off from Iwuanyanwu Nationale and
went to Bible school. Since then, I’ve remained in
the church.”
When asked his greatest regret, the footballer who
plied his trade in Nigeria, Israel and South Africa
revealed it was the collapse of his first marriage.
“The greatest mistake I made in my life was to
marry a foreigner. I was married to the South
African lady for eight and a half years and it just
didn’t work. The lady was beautiful but the culture
and beliefs weren’t the same at all. Today, I look
around and advise young ones who would listen to
marry from their fatherland.
Idah revealed that his wife was lured away by a
South African musician, almost causing the
collapse of his young church. “While we were
married, she was also the worship leader in my
church and we invited one musician from Cape
Town to join in our worship section,” he
reminisced. “I didn’t know he was also worshiping
my wife away. One day, she called the lawyer and
everything I worked for was gone. It was the most
difficult period of my life.”
According to him, the persecution he endured at
this period was pivotal to his ministry growth later
on. “Any pastor that has not passed through
persecution has not crossed to the next level. I
would sit in my room to cry and the devil would be
telling me that I don’t deserve to be a pastor when
I can’t even keep a wife.”
“It’s a pity that some people do not realise that
pastors go through pain like every other person.
People were saying all sorts of things because they
didn’t know my story and what I was passing
through. People kill others sometimes with words
and not knives or guns. Before the breakup of our
marriage, our ministry had about 250 members
and after that, the number came down to about 90
members. It was shocking but the Bible says that
all things work together for good to them that do
the will of God.”
Since, Idah has remarried and his church has
grown steadily, even starting a television station
called ‘Ambassadors TV’ which broadcasts its
church services in South Africa.
When asked about his alleged relationship with
Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of
All Nations (SCOAN), the one-time Super Eagles
media officer under Shaibu Amodu, was
unequivocal. “T.B. Joshua is my friend and I don’t
care what people think about it,” he said, adding
that his years in darkness increased his
discernment to know genuine or fake pastors.
“There was an issue I had with a sick woman in
my church and while I was praying for her in my
closet God spoke to me and said, ‘Go to T.B.
Joshua.’ Remember that I’ve served the devil, so I
know when I see one. I said, ‘Ah! God, go to that
man who I’ve heard terrible things about’ and he
said, ‘Yes’.
Upon meeting Joshua, Peterside concluded that
most negative perceptions about him were based
on ‘hearsay’. “If you ask 90% of people who
criticise him, they’ll tell you that they have heard
so and so speculations and that is the problem. I
want to say that it is a shame to the pastors and
bishops who criticize him to allow him continue
operating if he’s of the devil. I mean, if he’s
operating under the influence of the devil, they
should go and deliver him. If Joshua is of the devil
then it means the devil has raised a standard and
has told the church that satan even does more.”
Describing Joshua as ‘one of the greatest living
prophets’, he continued, “It is impossible for any
demon to deliver another demon. I know because I
have served the devil. If TB Joshua were of the
devil, he would not be delivering people. I want to
warn all those people gossiping about him – have
you met him? What was your encounter with him
and so on? People should not forget that the
greatest weapon of the devil is rumor and
scandal.”
Explaining what convinced him of Joshua’s
authenticity despite the myriad of controversies
surrounding him, Peterside revealed an interesting
encounter. “There was a pastor friend of mine that
wanted to meet Joshua in South Africa and I took
him to Joshua. While we sat down in his house,
T.B. Joshua walked in and pointed at the man,
saying, ‘You call yourself a man of God and you
are misbehaving with a woman who’s not your
wife – is that how a pastor should behave?’ T.B.
Joshua refused to pray for the man. He told the
man that those of who call ourselves men of God
should live holy before God. Now tell me – will a
sinner convict a sinner like this? And the man
confessed and asked God to forgive him.”
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