So
unless you have been living under a rock, you must have heard about the
Ese Walter story. If not, google Ese Walter. Now back to the story…
Ese Walter on Thursday of last
week alleged that she had an intimate 1 week affair with her
Pastor…Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA. The whole world (including third
world and first world citizens) waited eagerly for the pastor’s
response and they were not disappointed. At least if you are a Nigerian,
you were not. It was the classic leave it to God response, embellished with occasional screams from an adoring congregation as the pastor made empty statements like:
God told the Israelites to keep
quiet. For 7 days don’t talk ~ Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo #COZA — ‘Seun
Salami (@SeunWrites) August 25, 2013
When we asked God, God said be quiet. Thank you! ~ Pastor Biodun #COZA — ‘Seun Salami (@SeunWrites) August 25, 2013
If God tells you don’t fight for
yourself, don’t fight for yourself because you will spoil what God wants
to do ~ Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo #COZA — ‘Seun Salami (@SeunWrites)
August 25, 2013
If we could summarize his speech it would be God said I should leave it to Him. Leaving it to God? The classic bail out line used by Nigerians all the time…but who is this God we are leaving things for?
Is it the same God that stood and
watched as thousands of African slaves were brutally abused and
dehumanized under the biblical words of 1st Peter 2:18-25….slaves be loyal to your masters even the harsh ones? Or was it the same God that Martin Luther King conjured in his I have a dream speech when he said it was time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children? Talking about God’s children…
Was it the same God whose very own
special child Lola Akindele saw in her dream for 2 years straight? The
one who ensured that she was given bread and not pounded yam at 3am? The
one she gloriously quoted several times before notifying the world that
her new book “Papa’s LITTLE Girls” is about to come out, just in case
you wanted to buy it?
Was it the same God that dwelled over
the August 4th Sunday service in Delta state. As Revered Iweh Godspower
urged the congregation to emulate James Ibori. The same Ibori who is
still serving jail terms in London prison for fraud? The same Ibori who
robbed Delta state blind, but is still ironically cheered upon by the
very own people he robbed? Was it that God? And o while we are on
criminal and crooks, let us not forget Dimeji Bankole, was it the same
COZA God that presided over his welcome home service after over $1
billion was discovered in his UBA account?
Or is it the same God in our Nations
National pledge? The God that is meant to help us serve Nigeria with all
our strength, the God that is meant to help us defend her unity and the
God that is there to help us uphold her honor and glory? Because if it
is, where was he when Lloyd, Ugonna, Chiadaka and Tekena the aluu4
victims called upon his name, only to be torched to death by an angry
mob. Was He absent?
I think not…I think He was there…amongst
us. Yelling to us to take action, but someone probably said…the lazy
words…the sell out words…the words used to protect the cowardly…leave it
to God. So they left it to God and then blamed it on the Devil.
That has become the irony of life in Nigeria. Leaving everything to God and taking little or no responsibility as we act in the words of Lagbaja like mumu’s.
Your
husband is beating you…don’t worry leave it to God. LASTMA slapped you
and your girlfriend…don’t worry God will provoke on your behalf. Pastor
molest you…ah leave it to God…God will judge him. Everything is left to
God.
Reminds me about that joke about the
Nigerian man who throws up money in the sky and says that God can take
what he wants. But God does not take any, it just falls down to earth
and we laugh at the joke. But the joke is on us as, as anyone with an
imagination is able to create their version of what God told them to
suite their very situation…whether it is to promote slavery, to sell a
book or dodge a sticky adulterous situation. They throw up bullshit,
disguise it in scriptures and soon people are munching it up as the new
shit! Bathing in the shit…rolling all over the shit and even tweeting
the shit.
As in the case of #COZA…people jumping
up and down but failing to realize that the pastor has not faced the
issue, he has simply conjured a series of scriptural verses and passages
to deviate from the point. The same alleged tactic he used on Ese, is
magnified on an entire congregation. And before you know it, one month
will pass, maybe two and soon Ese Walter will be forgotten and Pastor
will be cruising abi flying again…just like DANA airlines. Simply
because we chose to leave it to HIS God! #ShineYourEyesNigeria
PS: Before you judge me…God told me to write this article.
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