Nigerian politicians have carried their blatant disrespect for God
and godly behavior to Prayer Camps, Adoration Grounds and Redemption
Camps where they constantly desecrate the hallowed environment. Many
prayer camps abound in Nigeria including Alone With God Prayer Camp,
Abuja, Scripture Union Camp of Faith Okigwe which serves clerics cutting
across denominations in the South East and South South. There is
Adoration Ground in Emene, Enugu managed by Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka,
Adoration Ground in Uke, Anambra State managed by Rev Fr Emmanuel Obinma
popularly called ( Ebube Muonso), Upper Room Ministries of late Rev Fr
Njoku in Emene, Enugu. Bishop Oyedepo manages Canaan Land, Pastor
Kumuyi controls Deeper Life Camp Ground , Pastor Odukoya controls
Mountain of Fire Prayer City, Pastor Adeboye controls Redemption Camp
all within Lagos- Shagamu expressway. These prayer camps were
established to enable Christians seek the face of God in matters of
holiness, dedication, repentance, prosperity, healing, deliverance and
even national rebirth, and these aforementioned camps have some doses of
presence of God in their activities.
Redemption Camp is the biggest prayer camp in Africa. There is no
doubt for any spiritually discerning observer that the Redemption Camp
carries some doses of the Presence of God especially during Holy Ghost
Congress, Holy Ghost Service etc. Many Nigerians throng to the camp to
seek a conducive environment to communicate with God away from the
distractions of city life and busy schedule. The same environment had
also attracted many troubled politicians including former president
Obasanjo who ran to the place when Pastor Tunde Bakare prophesied that
his Ota born head will be severed by Nigerian coup plotters before May
1999 in a widely reported controversial prophecy. Reports have it that
he also visited the camp later on in his presidency.
This Redeemed Camp has been troubled by those who troubles Nigeria
including looters of public treasury, riggers of elections, political
liars, economic kidnappers and perpetrators of social and political
injustice. They also came to seek the face of God to continue with their
acts of evil against the Nigerian people. Their activities would have
gone unnoticed until Nigeria’s President Jonathan went to the camp and
knelt before Pastor Adeboye in show of strange humility meant to achieve
electoral advantage. At the end of the day, many Christians voted for
Jonathan because he knelt before Baba Adeboye. Two years later, when his
popularity dwindled due to draconian economic policies, mountain
corruption and removal of fuel subsidy, Nigeria’s President Jonathan ran
to the Camp again, mounted the podium and reeled lies and deceits that
he has not made up his mind to re-contest for re-election in 2015, when
his close friends have already told many Nigerians that nothing will
stop their man in 2015. Barely three weeks after lying at the Redeemed
Camp, he unleashed mayhem on his Rivers State kinsman, Rotimi Amechi,
and his supporters for daring to have interest in the same presidency he
is ‘YET’ to decide on.
Holy Ghost Adoration Ground, Uke, in Anambra State is another
popular camp which receives hordes of visitors. Many Catholics have
found solace in that place managed by Rev Fr Obinma and God had also met
them there in one way or the other. That ground has been a source of
succor to lots of Anambrarians under the groan of imbecile leadership
for many years that they have to resort to God and Fr Emmanuel Obinma
for spiritual solutions to man-made malfeasance due to societal
maladministration. It was in such state where God is being solicited to
deliver the people from kidnappers, robbers, unemployment, diseases etc.
that Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, Party Chairman, Victor Umeh,
and APGA Gubernatorial Flag bearer, Willy Obiano, among others, invaded
the solemn arena, and turned it into a campaign arena where they wanted
to woo some of the adherents of the prayer ground in the same manner
President Jonathan swooped on Redemption Camp to woo voters.
Unlike the Redemption Camp where the worshipers were excited that
President Jonathan knelt before their General Overseer, the Adoration
worshipers where not impressed with the presence of Governor Peter Obi
in their hallowed ground. They booed, murmured and hissed as he spoke to
them. They detested any political presence while they are trying to
locate God. Governor Obi and his team later knelt down for prayers the
same manner Jonathan knelt before Adeboye yet the worshipers were not
impressed. By the time the governor and his team of politicians left,
they have desecrated the place so much that death soon followed in their
trails.
Thirty Five Roman Catholics, under the Pontificate of poor people
loving Pope Francis were trampled by agents of wealthy, looting
politicians because they went to seek God in a prayer Camp. This is
because politicians have desecrated prayer grounds sometimes with the
connivance of the clerics while in some other cases they used and dumped
the clerics without their knowledge. In the case of Redeemed Camp,
nobody died physically, but many RCCG fans constantly die emotionally,
politically, psychologically whenever occult, corrupt, looting,
insensitive and wicked politicians are given undue attention in the
place. After the 2012 political campaign at the Redemption Camp, one of
Adeboye’s pastors, Bankole, a lawyer and human rights activist resigned
from the pastorate in protest over the desecration of the Camp Hallowed
Podium by corrupt politicians.
The Uke tragedy is a divine sign that ‘whosoever breaks the hedge,
the serpent will bite’. Whatsoever caused their death; this is the first
time death is being recorded on that ground. These politicians have
desecrated the holy ground at Uke, and instead of apologizing, they are
playing politics with it. The clergy cannot avoid the blame for
whatsoever happens in that Camp. Governor Peter Obi, Presidents Goodluck
Jonathan, Boko Haram Warlord Malam Shekau, Prime Minister Robert
Mugabe, Senator Bola Tinubu, General Buhari and others have the right to
visit prayer camps. While in such camps, they should be in prayer mood
like other worshipers, and apart from official protocols of recognition,
they might, at most, be only allowed to greet the church and should be
more involved in repenting of their acts of mis-governance which they
visited on defenseless Nigerians, instead of hypocritical sermonization
and political campaigning.
Nigerian politicians have added in their trails of looting,
thieving, lying, murder, assassinations, kidnapping and insensitivity,
another vice; desecration of camp ground and insulting the spiritual
sensibilities of innocent Nigerians-very soon the original owner of
these prayer ground would go on rampage and there may be nowhere to hide
for those who aid and abet the desecration of spiritual places of
succor.
- Obinna Akukwe
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