RE : THE BENNY HINN SAGA

By MAZINO IKIME : IN NIGERIA
(MAZINO IS THE SON OF PROF OBARO IKIME)

I HAVE A LITTLE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE: A VERY RESPECTED MAN OF GOD GAVE ME AN INSIGHT INTO SOME OF THE OCCURENCES LEADING TO THE DEBACLE.

THE ORGANIZERS LED BY BISHOP OBEMBE CAME TO IBADAN TO SOLICIT SUPPORT FOR THE CRUSADE. HOWEVER,WHAT STRUCK THIS MAN OF GOD,WAS THE ABSENCE OF CREDIBLE AND NOTED MEN OF GOD IN THE ASSEMBLY. I NOTED MEN OF GOD OPERATING IN IBADAN. HE STAYED FOR THE MEETING BUT NEVER WENT BACK FOR SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS BECAUSE HE SMELT A RAT.

IT APPEARED TO HIM AS THOUGH THE WHOLE EXERCISE WAS GEARED TOWARDS PANDERING TO A PARTICULAR PERSONS EGO. IN ADDITION, HE CALLED THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE PFN PASTOR ORITSEJAFOR,WHO TOLD HIM IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS,THAT THE LAGOS PFN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OBEMBE WAS MORE OR LESS OPERATING EXCLUSIVELY. IN OTHER WORDS THEY{LAGOS PFN} DID NOT DEEM IT FIT TO INCLUDE THE NATIONAL BODY IN THE PROGRAMME.
IN THIS WISE IT WOULD APPEAR AS THOUGH THERE WAS AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE FROM THE OUTSET.

AS A CHRISTIAN LIVING IN IBADAN,I CAN SAY WITHOUT FEAR OF CONTRADICTION,THAT I DID NOT SEE A SINGLE BANNER INTIMATING PEOPLE OF THE CITY ABOUT THE PROGRAM.I WAS PRIVILEGED TO SEE A HANDBILL AND WHAT I SAW ON IT BAFFLED ME. BENNY WAS ON ONE SIDE AND OBEMBE ON THE OTHER.I BEGAN TO ASK MYSELF WHAT WAS REALLY IN THE OFFING.

YOU SEE IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT THE REAL METTLE OF THE CHRISTIAN CAN ONLY BE ASCERTAINED WHEN HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF AS AN ASTUTE MANAGER OF OTHER PEOPLES FUNDS. UNTIL HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO HAVE COMPLETELY DOMINATED THE MAMMON IN THE MONEY,BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST,RATHER THAN ALLOW MAMMON TO DOMINATE. I DO THINK THAT OBEMBE HAS A CASE TO ANSWER. BUT,WHAT DOES THIS PORTEND FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST IN NIGERIA?

OBEMBE HAS SAID THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY IN RECEIPT OF $IMILLION . BRETHREN,IF A CRUSADE, OUTREACH OR WHATEVER WAS PLANNED WITH WHAT AMOUNTS TO N140MILLION AND WE WERE SCARCELY AWARE IN IBADAN, A LOT HAS TO BE SAID ABOUT THE ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY OF OBEMBE AND HIS CREW. I ACTUALLY DROVE BY THE REDEEMED CAMP GROUND ON THE DAY OF THE CRUSADE. AT BEST,THE TRAFFIC WAS A TRICKLE. ON DAYS WHEN REDEEMED HOLD THEIR HOLY GHOST CONGRESSES,THE ROAD IS NIGH IMPASSABLE. GIVEN THE STATURE OF BENNY HINN,I DARESAY THAT IF PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THIS CRUSADE,THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE UNDER HIS MINISTATION. THIS SADLY,WAS NOT THE CASE.

A PANEL HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE NATIONAL PFN TO INVESTIGATE THIS FIASCO. I CAN ALREADY GUESS THE OUTCOME. OBEMBE WILL RESENT THIS, SCREAM HIS INNOCENCE TO THE HIGH HEAVENS,AND RESIST ANY FORM OF DISCIPLINE THAT IS PRESCRIBED. HE MAY EVEN DECIDE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE FOLD OF THE PFN. HE WIIL NO DOUBT HAVE HIS SYMPATHISERS. THIS WILL CAUSE A SCHISM IN THE BODY THAT WE CAN ILL AFFORD.

THE WHOLE NATION IS WATCHING. WE SHOULD,AS CHRISTIANS BE ABOVE BOARD IN ALL OUR DEALINGS. I AM ASHAMED THAT THERE ARE EVEN RUMOURS THAT THE EFCC A FINANCIAL CRIMES OUTFIT WIIL SOON BE INVOLVED IN THIS DEBACLE, INVESTIGATING.

WHAT A SHAME. IF OBEMBE HAD FOLLOWED DUE PROCESS,PERHAPS THINGS WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO THIS SORRY PASS. WE MUST AS CHRISTIANS NEVER ALLOW EGO HOLD SWAY.

E-EDGING
G-GOD
O-OUT

PRIDE SHOULD BE AN ANATHEMA TO US. CHRISTIANS SHOUD NOT BE GLORY HOGS.

LETS SEE HOW THINGS UNFOLD.