TESTIMONY OF VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, DURING A THANKSGIVING SERVICE HELD AT THE RCCG, CITY OF GRACE, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE, ON SUNDAY, 3RD FEBRUARY, 2019
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.
(Earlier the VP 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 are: Labour Minister, Stephen Ocheni; & Mr. Femi
Osinbajo, VP’S elder brother. He also called the names of Senator Babafemi
Ojudu, Special Adviser; & Ambassador Abdullahi Gwary, SSA Foreign
Affairs/Protocol – although both of them were not in the service.
Others are Mr. Laolu Akande, the VP’s Spokesman; Dr
Biodun Adelowo, Personal Physician; Mr. Doyin Adetuberu, Security Officer; and
Ayoola Oladunni, ADC).
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.”
