I WAS SHOT 300 BULLETS BUT I CAME OUT UNSCRATCHED- DR. CHRIS OKAFOR

Some months back, the revered Prophet, Dr. Chris Okafor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Church, Ogudu, Lagos, was kidnapped in Awka, Anambra State by those he prefers to call Terrorists. Bravo Weekly’s Assistant Editor, Paschal Oge Chikero, caught up with him at the Muritala Muhamed Airpot as he arrived Lagos from Anambra State . later we moved to Sheraton Hotel where this interview was conducted . In this interview he reveals his miraculous experience in the dungeon. Enjoy.

Welcome back; tell us how it all happened

You see, in all things you have to give thanks to God. Without God I will not be here today, I will not be alive, so I thank him.

How was the experience generally

Some Newspapers wrongly wrote that I was dead; you can see that I am not dead; it was my enemies that died not me.  We went to Nnewi and rounded off the programme in Awka, a five days crusade.  I was rushing back to meet the Sunday service, we were rushing to get to Benin so we can take flight. God had revealed ahead before it happened. We were to ply the popular route but the road was very bad so my driver decided that we use other routes. Before we could know what was happening they opened fire on fire on us, they were shooting as if it was war! They didn’t come as Kidnappers because Kidnappers don’t want to kill their victim so they can get their ransom.  The Amanda jeep will be coming back to Lagos soon. We were shot over 300 bullets but none harmed those of us inside because God was inside, the fourth man in the fire was with us. If God send you, he must proof his mandate in your life; God went with Daniel into the den of Lion. If you see the vehicle, nobody believes that anybody inside will survive.  I gave the people with me an order not to come down from the vehicle because there is a covering on the car but one of orderly, Adamu may be in a bid to do his job came down and was killed. May his gentle soul rest in peace.  When the hoodlums came, they thought they were coming to carry out dead people because when they came, they were saying, so you didn’t die? I asked them not to hurt anybody. They took me and my PA away.

You said earlier that God revealed to you that something like this would happen, what measure were put in place to make sure it didn’t manifest

First of all the revelation came from God.  You are asking about the measures we put in place so that it won’t happen, there are some things God have destined to happen, God allowed Daniel to go into the Lion’s den to proof the enemies wrong .He said you will walk through the fire, he didn’t say you will not walk through the fire but you will walk through the fire and the fire will not burn you, you will walk through the water and it will not over flow you. God just want people to understand that he has power beyond that of the enemy.  At a time they knew they couldn’t kill me.   I was there with the former Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Godfry Dikeocha, I prayed and he was released two days ago. To me these guys are not Kidnappers, I think they are Terrorists.

Were you manhandled?

One occasion, they carried us to State CID Awka, they attacked the State CID, shooting sporadically. We were inside the boot. In all these God told me there shall be no lose and there wasn’t except the police men they attack. For me to come out alive shows that God is alive because it’s not by my power. 

You said that they are not Kidnappers but Terrorists, do you think there are some people backing them to do these things to innocent people

I think the problem is the government, they told me, man of God, we are not after you no body sent us after but politicians bought these guns for us during elections but when they get what they are looking for, they forget about us so we have to help ourselves.

Don’t you think that they must have gotten information that you made so much money at the crusade and they came after you for their share?

No I don’t think so because they ran into us. They are experts, when they see security people they shoot at sight. When you blame them, you blame the government. Most of those guys are graduates, they have jobs to do. When the government cannot guarantee safety of life and property, jobs for the people, the people will have to help themselves, they are doing all these because of money.  As a matter of fact, it was a miraculous experience because they were confessing that Angels were appearing to them telling them that if you don’t let that man go there will be problem. On Monday an Angel instructed their leader to drop me off , there was so much trouble that they didn’t know what to do. At a t a time they couldn’t sleep. They came to me to pray for them. They were saying, man of God, we don’t know the God you are serving, gun cannot kill you, please pray for us. we are being tortured every night. Then they said we will let you go, when you give us money, we will release your PA. I told them no money will be given to them. They asked me of my village, I told them. They said the Angel instructed them to take me back to my father’s house. They drove me to my father’s compound. They told my parent that this man is not an ordinary man. Within 24 hours my PA was released.

Any ransom paid?

None.

We heard that some of your church members agreed to pay N20 Million

Well I don’t know the church member who agreed to pay the N20 Million the truth is that no ransom was paid.

In all how many days did you spend there?

I spent 52 days.

How did you people feed?

The God who supplied food to Elijah through a Raven took charge; even without food God sustained us. Look at me, they said I am dead but here I am unscratched.  Lion does not eat all flesh and no matter what happens, Lion will never eat grass.

How did you receive the story that you were dead?

It was like Joseph who was buried while he was still alive. There was no means of communication, its only times in the mid night that you are allowed to make calls. When you make the call you are taken back and the phone switched off. You can’t even recognize the place because they blind fold everybody.

What do you think can be done to arrest this?

We have bad government, until the government rises up to the occasion this evil will not stop. God wanted me to go there to know what people are going through. Politicians are in politics because of the money they can make from it not to elevate the living standard of the people.

From the Bible we that God always sent Prophets to prepare his people against something coming, you are a man of God, don’t you think God allow this to happen to awaken something inside of you

Everyone who followed my programme knows that we speak against evil, we don’t support it. A young man once brought money that is difficult for anybody to refuse, when he came before me he said it was his tithe but God showed me that it was blood money, I refused the money. He said if I don’t take it he will go and pay it another place I said go and pay it another place. So it’s about doing good, it’s how long you have been doing it. The important thing here is that we went, we saw and we conquered!

In nutshell what do you think this experience means?

When God wants to do something, some people will be affected; God has used this to show that this is the man I have sent to the nation of Africa. I want him to be the Daniel, Elijah of Africa. Who has seen by himself and came out unhurt.  There are some things that God has destined to happen for your own good there is nothing you can do about it. Thank you and also I thank those who wrote that I am dead.