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Head of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Tony Aidoo has lashed out at the General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) Dr. Mensa Otabil, for impressing upon his congregation and the entire citizenry the need to offer prayers for the destiny of the nation saying the man of God wants to provoke Ghanaians toward �insurgency�. Expressing his view on the brouhaha over Pastor Otabil�s call to pray for the country to avert any calamity from happening, Dr. Tony Aidoo accused the man of God of being an �opportunist� who harbors grand designs of subverting government through inciting the public against the ruling class. There have been an avalanche of criticisms against the ICGC Founder and General Overseer when at a service on Sunday July 14, 2013; he admonished Christians to call on God in prayer to avert an ominous danger that awaits the nation. The man of God, in the middle of his sermon said he senses �heaviness in his spirit� concerning the destiny of the country that there is something heavy ready to fall upon this country that if we don�t take charge of that we will be in a different state a month from now� poured his heart out in prayers for the peace of the country. But Dr. Tony Aidoo, alluding to previous comments made by the ICGC Leader that Christians need to wary of the actions of political leaders which may potentially cause mayhem, pontificated on Radio Gold that the recent admonition by the man of God stems from his earnest passion to supposedly overthrow the democratic structures in the country and consequently usher the nation into a new era of spiritual take over. He quoted Dr. Otabil to have said in previous years that �God creates theocratic leadership. Democratic leadership has nothing to do with the Kingdom of God� and is therefore taking refuge in those �misguided� statements to cause anarchy.