Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- A Catholic priest in Nigeria, John Oluoma, has said that the prosperity gospel is a scam and satanic and that Christians should discountenance it.

Mr Oluoma, otherwise known as Fada Oluoma, stated this in a Facebook post on Saturday where he rhetorically asked why the Nigerian economy, for instance, has continued to deteriorate "despite all the crossover and January prayers, decrees and prophecies".

"What's the essence of doing all these spiritual exercises if they are not working?" said Mr Oluoma whose bio on Facebook says he is a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

"There's absolutely nothing wrong with prayers, fasting, prophecies and decrees," he said. "There could be everything wrong...