Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday night revealed details of the special prayers he received at the Redemption Camp hours before his helicopter crashed in Kabba, Kogi state.
Osinbajo was among those who testified during the Special Holy Ghost Service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Redemption Camp. The March edition of the monthly Holy Ghost Service was special as it is also the birth month of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the church.
He said Pastor Adeboye prayed the same prayer thrice for him hours before the air mishap.
The cameras picked him as he walked from his seat towards the congregation, a broad smile on his face.
“I am Yemi Osinbajo, Pastor- in-charge of Lagos Province 48 of RCCG,” he began as the congregation cheered excitedly.
“I thank God for the salvation of my soul. “Two testimonies: the first is that on February 2nd. I came late for the Holy Ghost Service.
“After the service I went to see Daddy (Adeboye) in his office and he said he wanted to pray for me. My wife, Dolly, and I knelt down as he prayed, ‘Father, I want you to give special protection to your son.’’
“He prayed that three times and stopped. Then he prayed it again.
“I was getting worried about why he had to pray that way. But anyway, later that day the helicopter I was travelling in crashed in Kabba. All 12 of us in the helicopter survived without a scratch. I want to bless the name of the Lord for that.
“My second testimony is that on February 23, I was re-elected with President Buhari, for a second term as Vice President and I want to praise the Lord. Praise Jesus. Who did it?”
Jesus!” The congregation roared.
Vice President Osinbajo also said about Pastor Adeboye: “For a man born to financially-challenged parents in the village of Ifewara, Osun State, who had no shoes at 18 years old, who was not a Born Again Christian until the time he was a mathematics teacher at the University of Lagos, becoming the leader of a church with a strong presence in over 198 countries (the church had only 40 parishes when he took over as General Overseer), and with over 32,000 parishes in Nigeria alone, is indeed, a miracle worth knowing.
“For this same man to remain infectiously humble, in spite of his enormous power, influence and popularity is also a miracle in itself.”
The Special Holy Ghost Service continued on Saturday with a Holy Communion and an anointing service; and ended on Sunday with thanksgiving.
