Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has said that his decision to serve God sustained him through life-threatening political challenges. He recently had his say at the “Abia Solemn Assembly and Covenant Renewal Service” in Umuahia, organised by the State Government, with the theme, “Remembering the Covenant.”
Recalling a July 2015 incident which could have claimed his life, Otti disclosed that hired assassins killed two policemen at his Abuja house and did everything to murder him that night as well.
The governor added that it was divine intervention because there was no real reason for him to be away from home that day.
His words, “There was only one flight from Abuja to Owerri then.
All my friends objected. I said, Well, I have received a message that I must leave Abuja.
So, to make it make sense, I told them I wanted to be at the tribunal on Friday, so they grudgingly accepted.
That night, assassins attacked my residence in Abuja, shot two policemen dead, and they were looking for me.
Of course, God had taken me away.
When they finished and couldn’t find me. They were convinced I was there.
They had so much time. By the way, this was Maitama.
They jumped into the next compound, and I learnt that they were up to 12.
They jumped into the next compound and stripped the whole building.
They thought I jumped first, but I left.
There was no reason for me not to be there, but God had taken me away from there.
A lot of friends, after trying to dissuade me, found I couldn’t be dissuaded.
They said, Okay, if you decided to do this thing, you can’t go in there empty-handed.
You can’t go there without belonging to some societies.
You can’t go there without going to some native doctors for protection, and you will be shocked at the kind of people that are making these suggestions, and some of them are leaders in churches.
But then, I’m always reminded about Joshua 24:15, where Joshua said to the Israelites that ‘If it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you would serve.’
But then he ended that ‘as for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord.’
So, if you don’t understand why you are here, this is why you are here.
And, if you have not taken that decision, it’s not too late, because there is no other power.”
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