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Confirmed reports that Ghana�s goalkeeper Richard �Olele� Kingston has been dropped from the Black Stars� team to face the Pharaohs of Egypt this month has generated some heated debate on whether or not the development could be attributed to �spiritual�, supernatural or superstitious reasons. Sensational fetish priest Nana Kwaku Bonsam has told NEWS-ONE Olele may have brought the unfortunate plight on himself because of earlier utterances the goalkeeper made about Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua. �When the Black Stars won their match against Egypt, Olele came out and attributed that victory to TB Joshua. He spoke as if it was TB Joshua who sat in Lagos and made the Black Stars win the match in Kumasi. All pastors, Moslem leaders and even we the traditionalists in Ghana and Ghanaians all over the world were all praying for the Black Stars. So how can TB Joshua be given the glory after our victory? No sensible person talks like that,� Bonsam said. The fetish priest said he therefore called seven of his aides at the Afrancho Shrine and they performed special rituals and poured libation for the supreme God to give a sign for all to see whether or not what Olele had said about TB Joshua was true. After the Black Stars� victory, this was exactly what Olele said about TB Joshua: �Before the Egypt game he (TB Joshua) called me often to encourage me and he told me �you will qualify�; those were the words he used��you will qualify�� He called me about three times on the day of the match, even a day before the match, that was Monday night, he called me and he said everything is ok, everything is alright you guys will do well. �I will attribute this victory to the God of Prophet TB Joshua. TB Joshua has played a big role in my life, he prophesied to me that �my brother you will play again and your people (Ghana) will come for you and you will go to the World Cup�� These were his words and it has come to pass. I believe we are there even though we haven�t played the 2nd leg. I believe strongly that we are there and we will qualify and what he (Prophet TB Joshua) said has come to pass.. .. I would like to thank the God of Prophet TB Joshua who has made it possible for me by bringing me back into the national team� So I would like to thank the God of Prophet TB Joshua. He has done it for me Richard �Olele� Kingson and Ghana,� he added. According to Bonsam, Olele�s absence from the Black Stars would not be a bother to the team in anyway and Ghana would still emerge victorious.