Hello everyone, hope you had a wonderful weekend? Over the
weekend I met a young man (name
withheld) and his story gave me goose bumps
so I am going to share this REAL
life experience with you.
This man came to Nigeria in April 2012 in search of a
prominent man of God because he had certain issues and felt only a miracle
could help his situation. On his arrival he booked a room in a hotel close to
the church. He attended services conducted in the church but could not see the
Pastor due to the large number of people that also wanted to see the Pastor.
Afterwards, he decided to walk round the church grounds and while admiring the beautiful
edifice he started taking pictures. Then he got a shocker.
He was ARRESTED for taking pictures of the church (warning
to picture freaks) there were other people arrested for the same offence. They were
taken to the Police station and the Pastor came to see them the next morning.
This guy was so excited to see the Pastor since that is why he came to Nigeria.
He felt he would be able to clear the air about the Police issue, little did he
know he was in bigger trouble.
The Pastor started laying hands on the chest of the boys one
after the other after which he said some were thieves , some were innocent but
when he got to this guy’s turn….The Pastor said the guy is Boko Haram. *sigh*
His case was transferred to the Police Area command . He
explained that he was not muslim and that he does not speak hausa. He also told
them that he just came into the country and gave them his hotel address and
room number. There they found his international passport and got in touch with
his country’s embassy. He was locked up and didn’t allow him to make any call.
Even when the embassy sent representative, they were not allowed to talk to him
but they were able to see him.
I sincerely thank churches that visit prisons because their
labour and care to these prisoners are not in vain. He was lucky to meet
members of a prominent church that is involved in prison visitations. According
to him, this church gave them food , prayed with them and gave them hope . He
rededicated his life to Christ in the prison and on the 22nd November
he appeared in court, High Court Ikeja where the presiding Judge (God bless him
wherever he is ) saw that there wasn’t
any evidence to pronounce him guilty. The Judge also asked if the Pastor was in
court to testify but he wasn’t. That is
how the guy was released oooooooooooooo.
Please this is not fiction o.
Finally my thoughts goes thus
· * Be careful of where you go for miracles
· * Blackberry freaks and photo freaks be careful
because taking pictures are not allowed in some areas
· * God is everywhere so pray where you are and he
would hear.
· * There are thousands of innocent people been
locked up, do whatsoever you can to touch their lives
I am rushing off to church to join the Prison ministry. I will
appreciate if you post your comments.
This is my longest blog post. Odaabo jare.
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
