The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed how the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, prayed for him in the wee hours of Saturday, hours before the crash of the helicopter in which he flew to Kabba in Kogi State.
Osinbajo revealed this on Sunday during a thanksgiving service held at the RCCG City of Grace in Lokoja, Kogi State.
He said he arrived at the monthly Holy Ghost Service just as the benediction was to be shared in the early hours of Saturday, with Adeboye asking to see him thereafter.
The Vice President said in his testimony: “On Friday, we went to (RCCG) camp; usually, I attend our Holy Ghost service. We came in very late from Akwa Ibom State. In fact, we arrived just in time for the grace at the end of the service.
“Thereafter, our daddy in the Lord, (G.O) Pastor Adeboye, wanted to speak to me. He asked me how things were going on, the campaign activities and all that, and I explained everything; what I was doing on the campaign trail and all of that, some of the challenges.
“He then said, I am going to pray for you. He said a prayer that turned out to be very interesting because usually, as you know, he doesn’t pray for long.
“He said: ‘Lord God Almighty, I want you to protect this man.’ He said it three times and paused, then he continued. ‘You know how very dear he is to my heart. I want you to protect him.’ I found it very funny that he repeated it several times and then he prayed for favour and other things.
“So, when the crash happened, immediately it dawned on me that the Lord God had led him to say that very special prayer. And the Lord God Almighty delivered us in accordance with His word that ‘even when 10,000 fall by our side, no harm whatsoever, will come near us.’ I just want to thank the Almighty God for His grace and mercy that has been so abundant in my life and in all of our lives who are here.”
Before the testimony, the Vice President had called up members of his entourage who were with him in the chopper and who were in the church, to join him at the altar.
They were the Minister of Labour, Stephen Ocheni; the VP’s elder brother, Femi Osinbajo;
He also called the names of Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser on Political Affairs; and Ambassador Abdullahi Gwary, Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs/Protocol, although both of them were not in the service.
Others are Laolu Akande, the VP’s Spokesman; Dr. Biodun Adelowo, Personal Physician; Doyin Adetuberu, Security Officer; and Ayoola Oladunni (ADC).
Osinbajo continued with his testimony: “This is my older brother, the same father, same mother. Our father passed on long ago, but our mother is alive. If both of us had lost our lives on the same day, that would have been an absolute tragedy, but God saved that from happening. We are truly grateful to the Almighty God and we bless the name of the Lord. And for all of you who are rejoicing with us today, your homes will be filled with rejoicing. You will not know tragedy, you will not know harm, all the days of your lives will be filled with rejoicing.”
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