'HOW I WAS DELIVERED FROM BOKO HARAM'S GRIP' - POLICE OFFICER TESTIFIES OF GOD'S MERCY

 

 Terrorist group Boko Haram, attacked a Nigerian Police training college, Gwoza Borno on August 20, 2014 killing many and leaving few survivors.

According to The Trent Online, one of the survivors of the attack, a police officer,  Omereji  Friday who witnessed the attack, was at T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) on Sunday August 31 2014, to give a testimony of how he was saved by an anointing sticker.

Speaking in pidgin English, Omereji told the congregation he was stationed in Nasarawa State when an information came that a training exercise was to be conducted in Gwoza, Borno State.

He called his wife to inform her. “My wife nearly fell down,” he explained, stating she insisted he visit her before going on the exercise.

Omereji said he went back home and was warned by his wife of the dangers in the area due to frequent attacks by terrorists but he wasn’t moved the insecurity problem his wife complained about.

 “We quarrelled in the house and she told me if I did not go to Synagogue Church first, there would be trouble,” he explained to the congregation.

Here is how The Trent narrated his testimony:

Reluctantly agreeing with his wife and not by means of any personal conviction, Friday decided to visit T.B. Joshua’s renowned church in Lagos, Nigeria before his journey to Gwoza

Arriving in Lagos late on Sunday 17th August 2014, church activities at The SCOAN were about to end. “I met one young man from South Sudan and introduced myself as a Nigerian police officer,” Omereji continued.

Although the service had finished, Friday pleaded with his newly made foreign acquaintance to give him something from the church he could take with him for the journey.

“He gave me the ‘Anointing Sticker’ which he was with and I put it in my pocket,” he continued. Arriving back home, Friday’s wife told him to promise her that he would keep the ‘sticker’ which bore the message ‘Let love lead’ around his neck next to his ID card at all times during the journey as she didn’t want to end up a widow.

Arriving at the military camp in Gwoza on Monday heavily armed, two days of training exercises were conducted hitch-free. “On Wednesday, our ‘oga’ told us to go and drop our arms and ammunition at a certain place before the exercise.”

According to Omereji, the policemen saw a helicopter hovering over their area on an apparent surveillance mission later on that day. They reported to their seniors but were told not to be alarmed.

It was when the training exercise of that day was concluded and the policemen were back in their lodging that Boko Haram militants struck.

Friday recalled the hellish incident: “Suddenly, they called us to grab our guns. If you see how rain used to fall, that was how the bullets were falling. The person next to me was hit by a bullet and died in my presence. I fell down and began crawling. Our dormitory caught fire. Five armoured tanks were approaching with sophisticated weapons.”

He quickly remembered his wife’s words and clutched the Anointing Sticker he kept around his neck. “I began to shout, ‘God of T.B. Joshua, where are you? Come and save me.’ ” Bullets were raining around him but surprisingly none hit.

“I crawled to the high wall of the camp. I saw an officer attempting to climb over hit by a bullet and die instantly.” The wall was higher than an ordinary jump could reach by human capacity. “As I prayed, I jumped and don’t know what pushed me up over the wall.”

However, the danger was far from over. As Friday began to run, he heard the sound of yet more heavy artillery. People to his left and right were collapsing but the policeman kept running. Miraculously, he escaped to safety.

“It was a warfront. I was the only person I know of who survived this Boko Haram attack,” he soberly concluded. “This Anointing Sticker is powerful!”

In his comments, T.B. Joshua reiterated his previous assertion that Boko Haram was the challenge of Nigeria and not Ebola. He further warned that infiltration from foreign militants had already occurred within Boko Haram, hence their sophisticated weaponry.