THOSE born in Nigeria 900
years ago and others who
made unquantifiable
sacrifices on behalf of this
country; either during the
nationalist struggles or paid
the supreme sacrifice on the
field of war to keep the
nation one will not survive
one week in today’s Nigeria.
Many of them, civil servants,
lived freely in any part of the
country. Railway workers,
P&T workers, as well as
traders freely resided
wherever they wanted in any
part of the country.
Last week, I had this mail
which says a building
belonging to The Redeemed
Christian Church of God,
RCCG, at Gusua in Zamfara
State was set ablaze by yet
to be identified persons
three months after the
incidence.
The RCCG parish building
was torched by alleged
hoodlums on January 25 this
year. Quite naturally,
sympathizers visited to
commiserate with the
leadership of the church
with some making promises
to arrest the peperatators of
the heinous crime and bring
them to book.
Three weeks after the fire
incidence, a delegation from
the community paid a
sympathy visit to the church
and empathized with the
leadership of the church.
After the normal exchange
of pleasantries, the visiting
community leaders dropped
the clincher: “We sympathize
with you for the fire
incidence, but we must tell
you that we will not allow
you to rebuild this place as a
church.” Infact, he added:
“We have actually come to
let you know that you have
six months within which to
vacate the site.”
That was when it dawned on
the pastor and his
congregation that Christians
were not wanted in the
community.
After several prayer sessions
and reassured by biblical
promise that wherever you
set your foot, that land will
be yours; members were just
slowly picking themselves
together with a view to
remodel the church to the
shame of the devil.
The pastor immediately
dispatched a protest letter to
the Zamfara State governor
who, in his reckoning, is the
only authority in the state
that can either authorize
their reconstruction work or
in the alternative approve
another location for the
church.
As minutes are ticking
towards the six months quit
notice from the community
leaders, the pastor and his
congregation are still
undergoing an endless
wilderness period not sure if
his SOS letter actually got to
the state chief executive
officer and if there would be
a miracle call from his office
before the expiration of the
deadline.
Exactly 41 days before the
above incidence in Zamfara
State, a Living Faith Church
on Airport Road, Ilorin,
Kwara State, still under
construction, was razed
down.
The founder of Living Faith
Church, also known as
Winners Chapel is Bishop
David Oyedepo, a first class
indigene of Kwara State who
had contributed immensely
to the socio-economic
development of the state
including the establishment
of a state-of-the-art private
university.
The only offence Oyedepo
and his church had
committed is that they dared
to tread where angels and
saints were not expected to
go. The story goes thus: the
church had acquired a land
at Check-Point area along
Ilorin-Ogbomosho Road for
the purpose of building a
church. After the acquisition
of the required statutory
rights of occupancy, they
started construction work.
Trouble started when the
immediate past vice
chancellor of the University
of Ilorin, Professor Isaq
Oloyede allegedly appeared
at the construction site on
December 3, 2012, ordering
the workers to stop work
immediately because,
according to him, the land
on which they were building
belongs to Muslim Students’
Society, MSS.
According to the report, the
former vice chancellor,
instead of opting for the
legal option to settle the
dispute amicably for the
interest of peace, allegedly
threatened to, among other
things, mobilise 1,000
students to demolish the
church if it didn’t stop the
construction work. Nine days
later, on December 12, 2012
the church was razed down
and nobody has been
apprehended.
For how long shall we
continue this master/slave
relationship? Everyday we
mouth the need for a united
Nigeria but at who’s
expense? Why will a group
be regarded as superior
while the other inferior
always? As the National
Assembly is currently
considering another
constitutional amendment, it
would be worthwhile for
members to save a looming
national catastrophe by
genuinely and sincerely
deliberating on the basis of
the nation’s unity before the
planned centenary
celebration to mark the
amalgamation of the two
protectorates.
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/churches-not-allowed-here/

The nigeria problem are so much that it can not be solve within 50 years.

The founder of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel is Bishop David Oyedepo, a first class indigene of Kwara State who had contributed immensely to the socio-economic development of the state including the establishment of a state-of-the-art private university.

I wonder how many people can afford the school fees of these private universities.

Dont be decieved, the Muslims are the antichrists.
The mark of the beast is being tested, and world wide, the Muslims are killing and jailing the Christians.

Most Christians are spiritually sleeping and not ready.

The spirit inside them is the spirit of Allah. They jubilate and are happy when they kill innocent people.They will shout "Allah be praised" when they see blood of the innocents flowing.

Christianity was b4 Islam,but it tolerates every religion.

The spirit in the muslims is from the devil that hates peace and loves violence.

The end time is near.Be prayerful.

enilove: Dont be decieved, the Muslims are the antichrists.
The mark of the beast is being tested, and world wide, the Muslims are killing and jailing the Christians.

Most Christians are spiritually sleeping and not ready.

The spirit inside them is the spirit of Allah. They jubilate and are happy when they kill innocent people.They will shout "Allah be praised" when they see blood of the innocents flowing.

Christianity was b4 Islam,but it tolerates every religion.

The spirit in the muslims is from the devil that hates peace and loves violence.

The end time is near.Be prayerful.

A reasonable part of your bible said "judge not" ! What gave you the right to call a religious group Antichrist because they do not support your own religion. Are you not as barbaric as the rest?

Events of today have proved Ojukwu right with his biafran war. We are not one and we can never be. Islam doesn't tolerate infidels and the death of an infidel is a blessing to muslims. The church is under attack in the spirit of one Nigeria as prescribed by Gowon and Awolowo. No body should complain when religion of peace is showing us how peaceful it is.

frosbel:

I wonder how many people can afford the school fees of these private universities.

You are confused.

ifeness:

A reasonable part of your bible said "judge not" ! What gave you the right to call a religious group Antichrist because they do not support your own religion. Are you not as barbaric as the rest?

I can sense anger in him, so don't crucify him yet because seeing the rate of violence associated with muslims, it will take an extra courage to with hold your temper.
I am sure that if islam was the first religion on earth, no other religion will be allowed to exist. Religion of peace is peaceful indeed.

enilove: Dont be decieved, the Muslims are the antichrists.
The mark of the beast is being tested, and world wide, the Muslims are killing and jailing the Christians.

Most Christians are spiritually sleeping and not ready.

The spirit inside them is the spirit of Allah. They jubilate and are happy when they kill innocent people.They will shout "Allah be praised" when they see blood of the innocents flowing.

Christianity was b4 Islam,but it tolerates every religion.

The spirit in the muslims is from the devil that hates peace and loves violence.

The end time is near.Be prayerful.

i personally think its wrong to say muslims are antichrist.. The problems we face here are all politically multivated and what they do is to cover their face with the religeous difference in the country

eddyj36:
i personally think its wrong to say muslims are antichrist.. The problems we face here are all politically multivated and what they do is to cover their face with the religeous difference in the country

do you mean that all the unnecessary killings in the north for the past thirty years was politically motivated? Let me remind you that Victor Moses, the one you know lost his parents to the unnecessary killings in the north which you are referring to as politically motivated. Why must it be only in the northern Nigeria that we will be having this type of politically motivated killings and destruction on yearly basis?

enilove: Dont be decieved, the Muslims are the antichrists.
The mark of the beast is being tested, and world wide, the Muslims are killing and jailing the Christians.

Most Christians are spiritually sleeping and not ready.

The spirit inside them is the spirit of Allah. They jubilate and are happy when they kill innocent people.They will shout "Allah be praised" when they see blood of the innocents flowing.

Christianity was b4 Islam,but it tolerates every religion.

The spirit in the muslims is from the devil that hates peace and loves violence.

The end time is near.Be prayerful.

Not again. Why do I have the impression that you are unintelligent?
What are the characteristics of the antichrist according to the bible?
I can show you why Paul, yourself and your GOs are the antichrist only that your pride won't let you see the reasons.
Why is the antichrist predicted to come from either Italy or Greece and not from muslim countries or you don't read your bible very well.
You really need to calm down. It is not everyone that can be fooled with your lies and ignorance.

It's clear that those who opposed the re-building of the Zamfara Church supported its being razed down. In Zamfara, not all animals are equal ....