Wetin dey happen my people! Na new gist don land from Pastor Chris Okafor, wey talk how he take survive serious wahala when kidnappers carry am go for 2012. You fit believe say, e and im assistant dey travel after crusade for Awka, Anambra, when gunmen open fire on dem!
Okafor, wey dey run Grace Nation International, talk am during press conference for Lagos. Dem no too dey slack for pastor side o! As e dey move from one crusade to another, di gunmen disturb dem dey fire dem wahala.
“I remember say I dey sleep for back seat when di shooting start. Na so our driver dey shake o!” Okafor yarn. Na serious movie action be dis! E come dey worry for im life as di vehicle somersault come land for ditch!
As di gunmen reach dem, dem carry Okafor and im assistant go inside di boot of dem SUV. Wetin dem plan? Blindfold dem, make dem no see road and go take dem to place wey nobody sabi. E don be 58 days wey dem lock dem!
While dem dey hold dem, di pastor talk say ransom wey people raise no work. Dem even take dem go town, dey fire police and dey collect guns from dem. Na wetin we dey see for film be dat!
“Dem chain us for wrist and leg, no let us move. I see police wey dem just shoot down. Some of di kidnappers na people wey dey outside di country. Na when dem dey do dem operations, dem dey come back!”
One night, di kidnappers carry dem come out and ask for im village name. Na di time wey dem remember say dem fit release am after 58 days! Even when rumour dey fly say pastor don die, God no gree.
Dem drive am back to im village, and when e reach, na so im mother faint! Di kidnappers say na na God keep am alive. He don come out, but weak and dey carry plenty beat marks.
Im personal assistant still dey inside, and dem go later release am after people gather more money. “I no fit explain wetin go happen if im no come back,” Okafor say. Na so im take break that cycle wey don dey follow im family.
“By di time we return, church don scatter, no be small. But we thank God, as e begin make way for us. This ministry stand today because of God grace,” Okafor conclude.
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