Boko Haram on Our Church Bus?
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
It was a bright Sunday morning and the designated BRT bus to
our church waited at the bus stop for church members to board before it took
off.
We had decided to follow the bus this particular Sunday.
There’s nothing as relaxing (most especially for me) as just sitting in a bus
getting driven to church rather than driving through the mad streets of Lagos
by myself. By the time I got to church after driving myself, I would have felt
the ‘hangover’ of the riotous Lagos cruising.
I, wifey and the kids were comfortably seated and when the
bus eventually got filled, the driver starts the engine and we take off. A
brother stands up to lead members in prayers and then hands over to a little
girl to lead us in choruses as we progressed to church.
Soon everybody was singing along happily, praising God for
his goodness. Not everybody sang though; some just nodded along to the song,
some ignored joining in the singing and involved themselves in gists, some
dozed off into a sound sleep, some just looked on forlornly out the windows. I
was able to draw a conclusion from this that it’s different strokes for
different folks; not everyone leaves home in the same mood for church. Only God
knows what’s going on in their minds.
Soon, we got to a bus stop and two men dressed in long gowns
and skull caps (which was an obvious pointer to the fact that they were
Muslims) joined the bus.
This unsettled people on the bus.
What were Muslims doing on a BRT that had been chartered by
the Church?
When inquiry was made we were told they were friends to the
bus driver.
By now, the little girl who was leading the praise was
getting tired and a brother standing near the back exit quickly took up the
singing with more fire and fervor.
Then he suddenly halted the singing and led us in a prayer
session calling on all to begin to pray against terrorists and Boko Haram.
Instantly, the bus became agog as everyone began to spit fire and curse the
enemy and his agents.
At this point, I had come to understand that there was
suspicion over the fact that these guys could be Boko Haram.
Or what on earth were they doing on our bus?
I joined in the prayer session. I had been singing along and
praising God as well so I was already geared up to pray fervently. The last
thing I’d ever want to think was I and my cute little family colliding with
bomb terrorists.
We arrived at another bus stop in the heat of the prayers
and the two Muslim men disembarked quickly. The bus then progressed further but
the brother leading the prayer did not stop there, he rounded up the prayer and
directed instant proclamations and spiritual judgment against any bus driver
who was collaborating with any terrorist.
The ‘Amen’ echoed strongly throughout the bus.
He then led us into a
prayer of thanksgiving for journey mercies as we arrived safely at the
outskirts of the church entrance.
Thank God for protection and preservation of life.
Looking back, I can understand the vigilance that happened
at that point in time. Though we couldn’t be sure whether those men were really
Boko Haram loyalists but then it was better we didn’t take the incident for
granted and that we reacted accordingly. This also coupled with the fact that the
act was downright suspicious.
With all the heartless attacks on churches in the north, news
and rumours of the terrorist sect planning to invade the Southern parts of
Nigeria, we can’t afford to take anything for granted.
This is no longer the era of siddon look!
5 Screamer(s):
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Yes, people have to be more vigilant, though I don't think prayers would have saved you guys. Just joking o...
It saddens me that a lot of us have been stereotyped by the media despite our 'exposure'. It is sad that we don't know that more Muslims are victims of BH than non-Muslims even the CDS, Air Marshal Petirin confirmed it. Let's all have open hearts like Malcolm X, & learn about Islam(not Muslims). I am glad about the effect of 9/11 on the USA. It made a good number of Americans learn about Islam & guess what! THEY BECAME MUSLIMS! I hope the same happens to U
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