Two survivors of the
tragic incident that saw a Bristow helicopter crash into the lagoon in
Oworonshoki, Lagos on Wednesday 12th August, 2015 have testified that it was
‘God’s hand’ that saved them from certain death. On Sunday 25th October, oil
workers Chukwudi Onah and Dolu Ebiejuara appeared in the church of
controversial Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua to thank God for preserving their
lives in the disaster that led to six fatalities, including that of the pilot
and co-pilot.
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According to Onah, it
was ‘Morning Water’ he had received at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations’
(SCOAN) that was instrumental to his survival. “I never leave it anywhere I am
going. It’s always with me, along with my Anointing Sticker,” he explained to the
congregation.
“On that fateful day,
before I left my room, I prayed that God would take charge and thanked Him for
journeying mercies,” he continued, stating that he sprayed the ‘Morning Water’
upon himself.
According to Onah,
there were no signs of trouble as the flight was going “very smoothly”.
However, merely minutes away from arriving at Lagos Murtala Muhammed Airport
(DNMM), tragedy struck.
“The chopper suddenly
turned,” Onah vividly described. “Everybody became confused. We were shouting
Jesus! The chopper was dangling up and down. I didn’t even know when it fell
inside the water.”
As the Bristow Sikosky
S76 C+ helicopter began descending steadily to the bottom of the lagoon, Onah
was strapped heavily into his seatbelt and could not move. “I shouted, ‘God of
TB Joshua – save me’ “, he recounted, adding that his lungs soon filled up with
water.
According to the SEDCO
oil worker, what transpired next can only be termed ‘supernatural’. Staring
death in the face, confused and struggling to free himself, Onah said he heard
a ‘voice’ speaking clearly to him.
“It’s just as you are
hearing me now. The voice said, ‘Your seatbelt.’ I took my hand to the side of
the seat belt and it became suddenly loose. The same voice came again and said,
‘Your lifejacket’. I took my hand to the side of the life-jacket and it
suddenly inflated. It now carried me up from down to the top of the sea.”
Onah somberly recounted
that the two passengers seated directly besides him were among the fatalities.
“If not for Jesus, I would have died. I give the glory to Jesus Christ who
saved my life,” he said, bringing out the ‘Anointing Sticker’ from his pocket
that he had with him on the day of the ill-fated journey.
Dolu Ebiejuara
similarly stated that he was a regular visitor to The SCOAN and had ministered
‘Morning Water’ before entering the helicopter that day. Recounting his
experience, he said, “All that I saw was the helicopter take a sharp turn and
then we were just plummeting down.”
Moments before the
crash, Ebiejuara said that he lost consciousness. “All I could remember was
that I saw myself swimming. There is no way I could have come out of the
helicopter without removing my seat belt but I was not the one. I don’t even
know how I came out under the water. I know it is God’s doing because there is
God’s hand in the Morning Water.”
The duo both sustained
injuries but have since recovered. They were accompanied by more than seventeen
family members who came to share the testimony.
Intriguingly, T.B.
Joshua himself was not present in the service, making it more than five months
since he has been seen in public.
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