‘I Warned My Wife. I Told Her to be Careful.’ – Husband of Murdered Redeemed Church Preacher Speaks up
The husband of
the murdered Abuja preacher has shared more details about his late wife,
the Deaconess at a Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God on Old
NEPA Road, Phase 4, Kubwa, who was attacked while preaching around
the Gbazango-West area of Kubwa.
The husband,
Pastor Elisha, said he told her to be careful after she returned home one
morning three weeks ago, to say that a Muslim man made comments about her
morning evangelism.
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Pastor Elisha. Credit: LIB
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Also, the
bereaved father clarified details about the grisly murder, adding that he has
forgiven his wife’s killer.
See the excerpts
from the interview, according to The
Sun:
On his
relationship with his wife:
“I am a pastor, and a pastor depends on what God gives to him. Sincerely speaking, my wife was the breadwinner of this home. That is the truth. She sold things to take care of the house. She was the one God used to take care of this house.”
In the past, I was into business. But my wife and I agreed about two years ago that I needed to face the ministry since the business was affecting it. She said I should be fasting and praying for people. She was the one who paid the school fees and took care of other things.
On how he
learned about his wife’s death:
My wife always went out early in the morning for the ‘Morning Cry,’ to preach. On that fateful morning, she went around 5.30am and I was still in bed because we had a vigil overnight. She participated for a while and slept because she was going out to preach in the morning. Two of my boys are footballers, so they went to the field to play. And when they came back, they told me that they heard some footballers saying that they butchered a woman preaching early this morning.
So, when I heard this, we trekked down with the short I was putting on and we did not see anybody, but we saw blood on the ground. I asked a policeman around and he said it is true but that they had taken her to Phase 4 Police Station. I went to the station with my children and when we got there, I saw the lifeless body of my wife at the back of the police van and there, she was taken to the mortuary. The incident happened between 5am and 5:30am because she usually went out by 5am and came back by 6am.
I fell down when I saw the body of my wife covered. I cried. I was too tired and could not drive back home. Someone had to drive us back to the house.”
On why he warned
his wife to stay careful:
“My wife never argued with anyone. She was the giving type and the church can confirm that. About three weeks ago, my wife went to the back of my house. That morning, after preaching, she came and told me that a man in the mosque heard her and called on people to listen to what she was saying.
When she came back and told me about it, I warned her. I did that because I was a Muslim before I converted and became a Christian. I told her to be careful. I told her that although what the man in the mosque said was commendable, she needed to be careful.
For about a week, she did not go out to preach because of the warning. That was about three weeks ago that I warned her. The comments made by the man in the mosque were not against her. In fact, they were commending her.”
On forgiving his
wife’s killers:
“There was no harassment or warning before she was murdered. My wife was a child of God. She did not have issues with anybody. We were married for 16 years and had seven children. I am not a lawyer or a law enforcement agent. All I can say is that I forgive those that killed my wife.”
However,
contrary to earlier claims that the woman’s head and legs were cut off by the
killers, Pastor Elisha says that he is yet to see her body.
“There is no need to avenge her death. When we went to the place where her lifeless body was kept, the crowd said her head and breasts were removed. Till this moment, I have not seen her body. I only heard. I have not confirmed.”OJPals, please share your thoughts and prayers below!
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