Another Boko Haram Member Confesses at SCOAN

Hosea Bulus

Another member of the dreaded Boko Haram sect allegedly confessed at Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua’s church today, stating that he was being paid N2,000,000 to bomb churches.

Nearing the end of the service, during the time Joshua’s ‘Wise Men’ were ministering ‘deliverance’ to people, an aggressive young man dressed in a shabby suit was ushered forward.

“I am one of the Boko Haram,” the man declared to the wise man, clearly under an unusual influence.

“They said they would give me N2,000,000 if I went to blow up a church,” the man continued upon questioning as to how he joined the infamous group of insurgents. “Every church would be N2,000,000. They said would be give me big house and a wife.”

Boko Haram has been the focus of huge international media attention following their claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of over 200 girls several weeks ago.

Queried as to why he came to the church, the man stated, “I have been hearing of T.B. Joshua – that is why I came here.” The wise man then prayed for the man who fell heavily to the ground, before being declared free from the ‘evil spirit’.

Several minutes later, T.B. Joshua himself returned to the service simply clad in jeans and a t-shirt. “I was in the prayer room when I heard the deliverance going on and listened to the confession of this guy. What he was confessing is mind-boggling,” the cleric told the congregation.

Bringing the man back before the congregation, Joshua questioned him further as to how he was initiated into the sect. “My name is Hosea Bulus,”the man began. “They gave me blood; they gave me charms. I took it inside food.”

According to Bulus, upon taking the diabolic ‘blood’, the urge to kill and destroy entered him. “If you talk to me, I will fight you very well,” he confessed.

Joshua emphasised to the congregation that the battle was more spiritual than physical. “One thing you must know – we are fighting evil spirits that steal, kill and destroy. Let us not fight our neighbours.”

He insisted the problem was not a Muslim-Christian issue. “They are using that name as a camouflage, as a cover up,” he stated, adding that no one could bring himself to killing innocent lives without being under the influence of an ‘evil spirit’.

Joshua then prayed for the man, who fell to his knees and immediately complained that he wanted to visit the toilet.

The popular pastor reminded the congregation of the well-publicized deliverance of an alleged Boko Haram member named ‘Mustapha’ two months ago at The SCOAN who stated he came to bomb the church with four accomplices.

He explained that authorities in Abuja have certified the authenticity of his confession, contrary to the statement released by Lagos State Police Commissioner Umar Manko who initially dismissed the claims.

“At the beginning they said it’s not true but the authorities in Abuja came out to confirm that he is truly a Boko Haram member… They are following it up.”

The cleric concluded by stating he would not ask any further questions publicly so as not to undermine the intelligence Hosea would be able to provide to the relevant authorities.

Several minutes later, the man was shown excreting out some blackish substances following the prayer.

Abducted schoolgirls: Pope Francis joins campaign, urges prayers

The Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, has joined the league of those demanding the release of the 276 abducted pupils of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State

The 77-year-old Argentine cleric, using the global trending hashtag, #BringBackOurGirls, took to Twitter to lend a voice to the plight of the schoolgirls.

Calling for the “immediate release” of the female pupils kidnapped by the violent Islamist sect, Boko Haram, the Pope, who leads the world’s 1.3billion Catholics, called on people from around the globe to offer prayers for their safe return.

“Let us all join in prayer for the immediate release of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria. Let us bring back our girls,” the Pontiff wrote on his Twitter page.

His appeal came just as the Presidency accused the foreign media of “commercialising” the “Bring Back our Girls” campaign geared towards ensuring the freedom of the abducted pupils.

The Presidency through the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Reno Omokri, stated on Twitter that Nigerians should take the foreign coverage of the push for the girls’ freedom with a dose of skepticism.

The Presidency did not however name the foreign platform(s) it levelled the allegation against or explain what it meant by the commercialisation of the #BringBcakOurGirls campaign.

“Foreign Media commercialising the #BringBackOurGirls. Be wise to take their coverage with a pinch of salt,” the Presidential New Media aide said of the online campaign that has drawn global attention to the plight of the abducted girls.

Boko Haram members invaded the school last April 14 and forcibly took away the girls who were writing their West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations.

Omokri also lamented that politicians have been unfairly criticising his principal, President Goodluck Jonathan, over his handling of the Boko Haram insurgency.

He argued that if critics had channelled a fraction of the criticisms “attacking the President” to suggesting ideas, “we would collectively defeat terrorism sooner.”

The presidential aide said Jonathan had hitherto been begging for assistance from the international community to stem the menace posed by the sect.

“If politicians condemning the government had condemned Boko Haram with this same venom yesterday, we would have been closer to defeating terror by now.

“The accusation that President Jonathan was slow to ask for foreign military assistance to fight Boko Haram is false,” he added.

But Nigerians have disagreed with the Presidency over allegations that the foreign media were commercialising the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.

Many of those who faulted the alleged commercialisation of the campaign credited the foreign media for bringing the schoolgirls’ abduction to the attention of the international community.

Yaks Ameen, a Kano State-based resident, accused the Presidency of being “small-minded and caring too much about unimportant matters. In a post on Twitter, Ameen said, “The Presidency should be tweeting about increased efforts being made to bring back our girls not this for goodness sake.

“Very soon Omokri will tweet about American politicians giving the opposition political party in Nigeria, international support.”

“Do they have any shame in the Presidency?” a social commentator, Ayourb asked, adding, “Instead of working to bring back our girls, they are making spurious allegations against foreign media organisations.”

Another respondent, Prof. Cornel, accused the Federal Government of dishonesty in its public communication mechanism concerning the missing girls, saying, “I do not agree with you (the Presidency) at all. But the media is far ahead of what you guys are doing over here. Giving us lies after lies.”

Meanwhile, Nigerians spearheading the #BringBackOurGirls campaign have vowed not to relent in their demands that the Federal Government should account for the missing girls.

A former Vice-President of the World Bank, Oby Ezekwesili, insisting that the campaign will continue, thanked all who have been supporting the cause.

Describing them as “models of empathy for our common humanity,” she added that “no amount of distraction or diversion, intimidation, wicked insensitivity for the families in pain will stop us from demanding” that the government brings back all the girls alive.

Ezekwesili, who has been protesting on the streets of Abuja and coordinating in an online campaign, tweeted, “Our constitutional right to peaceful gathering is what we stand on as we again stand  with our Chibok girls.”

An online campaigner for the missing girls, Soyombo Ayomikun, wrote on Twitter that the wait by the victims’ relatives to reunite with their daughters is “killing.”

“But we won’t give up on hope. The (Federal Government) should bring back our girls alive and well,” Ayomikun added.

Bishop Kukah calls for prayers for release of Chibok girls

Bishop Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has called on Nigerians to embark on fervent prayers for the successful rescue of the abducted Chibok school girls.
Kukah made the call on Sunday when he led a peaceful protest in Sokoto to press for the urgent release of the girls.
He said that the Nigerian and foreign security operatives needed prayers from all well-meaning Nigerians to ensure God’s intervention in their ongoing rescue operations.
The bishop said that the members of the diocese had been praying for God to expose all those that had hands in the current security challenges facing the country.
Kukah also called on Nigerians to offer intelligence reports to security agencies for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the senseless killings of innocent souls in the country.
He added that such information would enable the security agencies to evolve more security measures that would nip the problem in the bud and restore peace to many dark spots in the country.
Kukah then called for better funding of the security agencies to enable them to effectively confront security threats facing the nation.

Chibok abduction: Converting our girls to Islam is war against Christianity – CAN

Oritsejafor

The Christian Association of Nigeria has described the purported conversion of the abducted schoolgirls of Chibok to Islam as a war against Christianity.
A statement by the National Director of Research, Elder Sunday Oibe, noted that the girls could not be used as an exchange for the release of any Boko Haram member.
“I have the consent of our national president (Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor) who is abroad to address you. First, these children are Christians and not Muslims and so they cannot be converted to a religion that is not theirs at gunpoint without conviction,”Oibe told journalists.

He added, “Is that how conversion is being carried out? All the children displayed are Christians and that is the motive behind the abduction.
“It is simple. Because they are Christians and they represent the Church in the eyes of their abductors. Secondly, it smacks of some form of religious persecution. If not, why are their captors converting them to another religion? And if they say they will use them as a condition to negotiate their men in detention, our daughters are not criminals and cannot be used in any way to free their criminal fighters.
“Show us where in Nigeria you have seen Christians fighting and throwing bombs in the name of God; we challenge any one to show us where Christians have abducted Muslim children in the name of Christianity. We challenge anyone to prove to us in Nigeria where Christians have taken arms in the name of protecting Christianity or even carry out acts of genocide on helpless and defenceless Nigerians. As far as we are concerned, it is a war against Christians and Christianity.
“We are not speaking for the Nigerian state. The state will speak for itself, but we cannot be forced by some people to define for us our predicament and persecution. It is a war against Christians and the Church. We are feeling it and deeply affected. No amount of propaganda can deter us from saying the truth.
“We have said ours. It is now left for the government to expedite action and return our children to us. They are Christians, they are not slaves, they are not Muslims and it is unacceptable to us. Let the whole world see it now.”

All the Abducted Girls Won't Be Released - Primate Ayodele

Primate Elijah Ayodele, the founder of INRI Spiritual Evangelical Church, who is known for his prophecies has made more prophecies about the female students abducted in Chibok, Borno state, Boko Haram terrorists among other things.

He made this revelations in a press statement released a few weeks ago.

The Primate who warned the Nigerian government not to trust the America Government who have decided to help out in the search of the missing girls said:

"We have said it before that there would be foreign intervention in the fight against Boko Haram. We said it before that Nigerian Government was incapable of defeating the sect all alone. I still foresee Boko Haram attacking major government buildings and high rise buildings around Nigeria.
    
"Even Aso Rock is not safe. Boko Haram is not alone in the terror act. There are three major sects involved in fighting the government and what they are fighting for is the disintegration of Nigeria and people sponsoring the programme are within and outside the country and are in President Jonathan's government.
    
"Let the Govt take the warnings from God serious on all matters. Nigeria's Vice President, Namadi Sambo must be very careful so they would not sacrifice his office to stabilize the PDP.

"All of the Abducted Chibok School girls will not be released by Boko Haram. America knew the genesis of Boko Haram in Nigeria. Yes they will make some positive impacts but their intervention will not receive much results"

"I also foresaw the Borno State Government hand in the abduction of the girls. Boko Haram will be defeated but a deadlier sect which is now in Nigeria will cause more havoc than Boko Haram.

 "We are still maintaining that Boko haram leader, Shekau, will not be captured alive but he will be killed in the battle front. God said that Boko Haram will be weakened spiritually and then they will be defeated physically."

It would recalled that Primate Ayodele last month revealed the future of the country and the party that will win 2015 elections, also made prophecies about more bomb blasts that will rock the country.