₦airaland Forum

JosephXavier:
When you have value and high standards, you can't be easily swayed by little things

How do you expect an international figure like Adichie to be on the same platform as Adamu Adamu, the current minister of Education, who is being honored while the Nigerian universities are on the 8 months strike

The national award has become a joke

No scientists were honored in the list, no doctor, no accountant, no lecturer, no engineer

Just politicians being honored for being affiliated with party politics

Candidlady:




Ten did not walk out on the president

floss:
Hmm.... the reason why urchins are scared when obi is mentioned is because of obj's endorsement....I haven't seen anyone that obj endorsed on national level that lost an election.
Obj is just a catalyst for obi's presidential ambition.

When obj rejects you, you're doomed, ask Atiku, ask Gej....when it comes to national politics, obj understands the game...those in the same league with obj that are still alive are Buhari and Babangida.

Britishcoins:
One thing that I know is that Dangote does not owns Kogi people any apology or compensation... Because he rightfully bought the site of his operations...

They should hold their governor and lawmakers who for years could not fix that terrible state of their drainage system....

I am Igbo youths but I don't think Obi will win this election.. One thing that will happen is that Biafra agitation will surely continue after election and this time around Nigeria will surely split into different countries, that is when development will happen to SE region..

For those of you who carry this election for head, kindly keep ur hands busy with any skills that can put food on ur table.. Stop putting all ur trust on this failed nation..

Once more Biafra freedom is better than Obi presidency... My humble opinion.

Olachase:
I later hear say no be Adam disvirgin eve, na serpent, and she see it was good, she then deceive Adam, Adam eyes too con open say them day naked

Las Las na second hand woman Adam marry

Rufii:
That is truly the way of the rich. They think they can aquire anything they want by making a money payment

iamyemiakins:
He no see person impersonate, na god (IFA).
IFA don open im case file now

CyberHustle:
When Jesus told the young rich man to sell all, give to the needy, then he shall have treasure in heaven it was all about fulfilling the charity part of life where treasures here are traded for heavenly ones the moth cannot corrupt.

Carcholce:
Jesus was actually under the universal laws which automatically translates to Grace. Grace can find you only when you recognize these laws.

If you live under the laws of an authority, you’ll hold the key to salvation. The only authority Jesus recognized is the word of God., the word of God is grace.

I don’t know if I am making sense but I can see everything I am saying.

Takara:
Sunday Remijius, now Abubakar, hails from Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. Born into a strong Catholic family, the graduate of Economics education, from the Nasarawa State College of Education who loves cooking, was employed at one of the Shoprite offices in Abuja as a Merchandiser.

But his encounter with a colleague led him to Islam. That decision has left him with steel in his leg from one of the several attacks from his family for renouncing his religion. In this interview, he shares his tough journey to Islam, his struggles with his family and his cry for help, among other issues of interest. Excerpts:

How did you become a Muslim?

I accepted Islam through the influence of a colleague while I was working at Shoprite in Apo, Abuja. His name is Ibrahim and his attitude made me to become a Muslim. Shoprite employ people from a state and post them to another state for training. I was posted from Abuja to Kano but I met Ibrahim when he was posted to Abuja from Kano. There were about 23 boys with me then and some cabal used to deduct N2000 each from the salaries of all us unknown to the management. This happened for years. Ibrahim was directly in charge of that ‘deduction project’ when he came but he refused to take the money. When I inquired why, he said his religion does not allow him to touch haram. Coupled with other traits I noticed about him because of his religion, it made me to accept Islam. I reasoned that if his attitude was possible because of his religion, then I want to be part of the religion.



How did your wife receive the news of your conversion?

We were working together at Shoprite then but she was angry when she learnt that I converted. Initially I didn’t want her to know. But one day, she saw me coming out of the mosque we have at the office and was wondering what I went there for. I opened up and told her ‘I’m now a Muslim’. Her name is Helen. She said she can never convert to Islam and called my family who came down to Abuja from Nasarawa State where we lived. This was in 2020. All they thought was that someone converted me. The period coincided with my yearly leave at Shoprite and I took the opportunity to travel to Enugu State with my wife. Meanwhile, because of my conversion, my family left Nasarawa State and relocated home. They said I brought shame to them, especially my father who is a traditional title holder.


How will you describe your experience with your parents as a Muslim?

It was terrible and unimaginable, especially for my father. He finds it hard to believe that I could be a Muslim and want to remain one. But my mother and younger sister, who is the last born in our family, love me so much. After my conversion, if I miss any prayer, I will be very uncomfortable until after I pray and I will happy and very peaceful with myself and everyone around me. I was observing my Maghrib prayer in one instance and reciting Suratul Fatiha aloud when all of a sudden, I felt a terrible blow from behind. When I turned, they were some of my relatives. They hit me with plank, iron and anything they could get. I tried to fight back because I am a very strong person just like Umar in Islam, but they were five of them. They hit me to the extent that I fainted and they wanted to kill me. It was my mother that prevented them by throwing herself on top of me that day. When I regained consciousness, I discovered that I couldn’t stand up anymore and my hands and legs were broken. Initially, I was taken to a local hospital in Enugu where I was bedridden for six months. My hands were okay but my legs became a problem. Anytime I tried to walk, I will feel and hear cracking of bones inside me. I made arrangement to come to Idala Hospital in Kano for specialized treatment on the advice of Ibrahim. It was there that steel was infused into my leg. The treatment cost me my entire savings because I was doing very well at Shoprite with about N200,000 salary when my allowances were added. My office gave me six months but I spend about a year and five weeks without full recovery. It was within this period that I lost my job at Shoprite. I was loved there and the management wanted and was eager to give me back my job, but for my condition.

How much did your operation cost?

About N420,000. I was operated twice. After the first time, my leg became shorter, so I went back and they had to use something to lengthen it a bit. That was when they put the steel in my leg.

During your time of tribulation, did you receive any assistance from the family?


No, except my mother who loves me to a fault. Although she was not happy that I became a Muslim, she offered support when she realized they wanted to take my life.

Did you reach out to the Muslim community in Enugu?

I’m the only Igbo Muslim in my entire local government, apart from those that came for business. There is a mosque where I used to go to pray and the mosque management later involved the police. But my father as a high-ranking personality intimidated the policemen. He said he had to relocate from Nasarawa because of me and here I am again. He told them that I am his first son, and unless I renounce Islam and stop praying, he will never allow me have peace. I told him that I wasn’t the one that chose Islam, rather it was Allah that revealed it to me and he said over his dead body. When we got home, I was told that I’m no longer welcome in the house and on the land which he gave me where I built my house. I have left everything for him. It was the DPO of the station who is also a Muslim that I met where I used to go and observe Jumat that advised me to emulate the Prophet (SAW) and make hijrah by leaving the community. My father warned him not to interfere or it will lead to another crisis. He rejected the intervention of my mother. It was one Hausa man that gave me N50,000, another one gave me N20,000 among other assistance. I had to leave because my wife and her family were also giving me problem. I collected my daughter who is 7 years old now and arranged for her to get to Nasarawa.

How did you come to Ilorin and how have you been surviving?

It was one Hausa man I met in Enugu, who had once sold meat in Ilorin, that advised me to come down to Ilorin maybe because of the relative peace and tolerance here. I was given a place to stay by a good Muslim and one Hausa told me to always come if I want to eat. My place is at the heart of Maraba Motor Park where passengers to Kano, Kaduna and Niger, among other states in the north, board vehicles. I help the drivers to load (for a token) whenever I am not having pain in my leg.


Have you been speaking to your family?

It is only my mother and our last born that still speak to me. There was a time during this fiasco in Enugu that my sister Lovina came to my house and saw me sleeping. My English translated Qur’an which I often read before going to be bed was on the ground and she began to read it. It coincided with the time my father walked in. It was her scream that work me up from the vicious hit from my father.

Since your conversion to Islam, any regrets?

The only regret I have is the persecution from my family. I love my mother so much and my happiest day will be to witness her profession of Islam. That will further inspire many others to follow. But I know most of my family members wouldn’t want that to happen. If I put on jalabiya back there in Enugu, my people will be looking at me as if I don’t know what I am doing. They see my conversation as something abnormal and unusual.

What help do you seek now?

The help I seek is concerning my legs, the metal implant is affecting me. Sometimes I sit down on the ground to pray and hate myself (astaghfirullah). At times, I will cry and pray to Allah to assist me. Sometimes, I wonder if I’m the first person to convert to Islam. Lovina once asked me that if she converts to Islam, will she also pass through the same pain I’m passing through. If I had my way, I would have brought her closer to me. She is a graduate of the Nasarawa State University. I am trying to convince her because I know that In Sha Allah, I will be the source of my family accepting Islam.

How much will the operation cost?

The doctor at Idala said N120,000 and I have tried to raise the money by selling the only phone I have now for N11,000. I don’t have anyone again. I had sold my Mercedes 190 during a stage of the previous operations. I wanted to make arrangement to dispose my remaining motorcycle but learnt my junior ones are using it. I had to forgo the idea because I don’t want anything that would disrupt the happiness of my



https://dailytrust.com/tough-road-how-enugu-man-overcame-huddles-converting-to-islam

MaxInDHouse:
Do you know Jehovah's Witnesses?
That's where i got all the interpretations from so if you know any organization just present their own interpretation on this and let's talk about the FRUIT your preferred group is producing. Matthew 7:16-18
I have no personal teaching it's what i learned humbly from Jehovah's Witnesses so you can't learn from me if you're not ready to learn from Jehovah's Witnesses! 1Corinthians 4:7

MaobiCarl:
You believe a collection of books is one word. That's your faith and has nothing to do with logic.
Because a critical reading of the Bible books side by side, comparative study unmasked thousands of valid absurdities and contradictions.
Meanwhile you couldn't logically explain or isolate the old testament(Hebrew) without mentioning Greek books to explain how the snake or serpent in genesis turned out to be Satan.
The old testament does not acknowledge that and you can't deny it.
And what am saying is falsehood to u because it goes contrary to your assumptions and believes.

So how do we find out the truth without bias?

MaxInDHouse:
Rather it's you who need to get a Bible study with Jesus' modern day brothers otherwise keep what you think you know to yourself!

MaxInDHouse:
Thanks for your time, Satan is the original Serpent! Revelations 12:9

MaobiCarl:
Bro stop quoting revelation to defend your interpretation in genesis. You're only making yourself silly. Linking the serpent or snake in genesis remains a cooking of Christianity and you're still making it very clear.
The bible is a collection and library of books. Collected by men. Nothing was divine about the collection(study a secular history of the Bible). The Bible was created by the orthodox Church fathers after reaching a consensus as to which books should be read in church or not.
Every book of the Bible is on its own

MaxInDHouse:
Whose words did Apostle John penned down here?

So down the great dragon was hurled, the ORIGINAL SERPENT, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him. Revelations 12:9

The serpent that deceived Eve {Genesis 3:1-5, 13} is the "original serpent" here and Jesus is the one revealing these sacred secrets to Apostle John {Revelations 1:1} just as Jesus promised he will do! John 21:20-25

So my friend Max don't argue blindly, i have all the scriptural backings pointing to the fact that the serpent at Genesis is Satan the devil.

May you have PEACE!

MaxInDHouse:
Moses never met Jesus nor learn from him so i know much more today than what Moses knew during his life time on planet earth!

MaxInDHouse:
Before Eve was created Adam has been in the garden {Genesis 2:18} so it's Adam that the order not to eat of the forbidden fruit was given and he surely passed it to Eve.
So if Satan didn't call Eve's attention {Genesis 3:1-5} she wouldn't have taken it or give some to her man! Genesis 3:6

MaxInDHouse:
Do you know the title of the Bible book i quoted?
Well it's called "REVELATIONS" of course Jesus used this Bible book to reveal deep secrets no one knew from the beginning until then! Revelations 1:1-2
Thanks for your concern but it's Jesus Christ who revealed that secret not Max!

MaxInDHouse:
Most creatures has the sense of sight, hearing and making a sound but the ability to speak is a gift given to humans only. So out of all the creatures on planet earth only humans specie is expected to have a form of language because we do communicate.
In the spirit realms there is all these senses as well and angels can use it all, that's why they can speak with humans too. Unlike humans who now has issues dealing with the confusion that started at Babel {Genesis 11:1-9} the angels don't have any problem because they know we're still speaking the same language globally it's a spiritual force that's blurring our senses from understanding one another regarding tongue so when they speak to anyone from any nationality you will hear them speak in your mother tongue.
Now this supernatural creatures also have the power to speak in a multitude of people and open the receptive senses of just one or a few to understand what they're saying whereas the rest will start wondering what is happening.
Well that's exactly what Satan (a fallen angel) did when he used a snake just like a puppet to speak to Eve {Genesis 3:1-5} that's why the Bible later identified the real creature behind the voice Eve heard that day as Satan! Revelations 12:7

MaobiCarl:
The verse in no way suggested it was nothing else but snake. Is your Christainity that brought the idea Satan.
Not genesis, not old Judaism and not the old testament.

MaxInDHouse:
Satan is a real person but let's leave that for now and concentrate on the topic of discussion.
From God's standpoint Adam and many others who are rebellious have died just like Abraham Isaac and Jacob but God kept the names of all obedient people in a record for their remembrance {Job 14:13-15} as for Adam and others who were rebellious God has disown them {Deuteronomy 32:5} so they will forever routine in their graves {Psalms 9:17} that's why Jesus referred to some people as walking corpse {Luke 9:60} because they have no record with God {Luke 12:21} but as for all those in God's memory book they are all living from God's standpoint because they will be raised from the dead! Luke 20:38

MaobiCarl:
And the snake spoke to eve!

He is NOT the God of the dead but of the living! Luke 20:38

All those who have alienated themselves from God are DEAD spiritually speaking {Matthew 8:22} Satan is the first, followed by Even and Adam, then a host of other angels and humans also joined Satan in the rebellion. All these are God's children, whether human or angels but destruction awaits them all. Job 1:6

From his memory book their names can't be found {Hebrew 11:4-32} that's why he(God) speaks of himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. These ones struggled to remain loyal to him until death. Jesus also spoke that this our God is his own God as well {John 20:17compared to Luke 23:46}, because Jesus remained faithful to his God until death! John 19:30

Of course God also have individuals who aren't Jews in his memory book e.g Job {Job 1:1}, but when speaking with Israelites he often mention names familiar to them. You can't expect him to start listing the names of all those in his memory book. That's why he made sure that the good deeds of those he cherished were documented in the Bible so you and i can examine anyone from what was written about Abraham Isaac and Jacob. Whoever lived a virtuous life like these ones are well kept in his mind for resurrection! 2Chronicles 16:9a

But as for Adam, Eve, Cain, Nimrod and other evildoers, they're gone as in GONE FOR GOOD as their names can't be found anywhere in God's memory ~ The Book Of Life! Revelations 20:15

God bless you!