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Hired Assassins Spare Man Of God

August 06, 2008 14:57, 916 views

By Astro Jewoola & Oluwole Adeboye

The  General Overseer of Light Of The World International Evangelical Ministries (LOWIEW), narrowly escaped being killed by hired assassins who stormed his residence.

Pastor Sunday Ogunde, was in his bedroom alongside his wife when the assassins came in through the window of the bathroom. Immediately they got inside, they hurriedly moved into the children’s bedroom,  and woke them up with serious beating and kicking.

Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the two assassins, Pastor Ogunde revealed; “I thank God Almighty for his mercies on me and my entire family. On Wednesday last week, I was expected to be at the church branch at Abule-Iroko, but I chose to remain at the headquarters at 18, Ibukun Omosehin Street, Alimosho.

“In a twinkle of an eye, these men from nowhere just entered my bedroom and they said they were on a mission to get rid of me. We were told to lie face down. Earlier, they had entered my children’s bedroom and wounded the eldest child when she refused to tell them my whereabouts.

“Around 12 mid-night on that day, the church members told me that two men stopped them with torchlights asking for my whereabouts. It was after they didn’t see me that they trailed me to the church.

“One of them wore a mask and he was fat. They pointed guns into our ears then stood there for close to two hours thinking of what to do with us. I know too well it was God’s intervention otherwise they would have killed us. They even said in Yoruba: Ore ti o nse yen lo gbe o, meaning It’s the good deeds that you are doing that saved you.

“They later said that they must not go away without achieving anything, so they took our phones, DVD, Television, Phillips Flat TV, perfumes and some amount of money.”

The incident was later reported at the Gowon Police Station. They also went away with the C of O of a pilot called Mr. Dehinbo, kept with the pastor.

Comments (5)

  1. Don Mike [De Tiger]

    6 August 2008 19:00

    Thank God he was not wasted…. But I beg to disgree that with the claim that those men were Hired Assasin… I believe they actually came to rob, but decided to deploy such distracting tactics just to distract the thought of robery. Assasin would have either fulfil their mission {Killing their target} Or go away by divine intervention…. An act of taking Phones, TV, and some assesories is a robbery act… However, if he is a Pastor, we should be careful in making comments beacuse Pastors this day are dealers and Manufacturers of many Crimes… Possibly he might be a beneficiary of some of his designs…….. Don Mike.

  2. monsco

    11 August 2008 16:37

    Don MIke

    you plan , but you did not success

  3. Trisha

    15 August 2008 10:20

    Thank GOD for his in-finite mercies and Grace sufficient.
    But Lets also consider what Don Mike says cause i also believe that if assasins come for you, then you have some skeleton in your cup-board.

  4. Badmus Bisola

    9 September 2008 12:20

    I can assure you, those guys were not assasins but rubbers. Rubbers don’t even carry TV this days, cash and phones are enough for them. And for them to have thought of carrying your TV shows that the’re just thiefs and not killers.

    If u belive they were killers, then you also need to ask your self questions and check the kind of businesses you do as a pastor.

  5. deochie

    29 September 2008 10:41

    I guess those guys are not killers..men,fuck it ,they would have got u killed if they were..Pls watch yourself as a Man of God if you insist they are killers,they might actually come for you soon.
    Be plane and direct.

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