Mr David Udoh in the throes of deliverance during Dr Chris Okafor’s ministration

Mr David Udoh came to worship at the Grace Nation Church International recently not sure what to expect. Before stepping his foot on the church’s palatial auditorium at Ojodu-Berger, Lagos that fateful Sunday, he had been fed all kinds of damaging rumours about the church and it’s founder, Dr Chris Okafor to the point of doubt.

He was told that the man of God was a false prophet, and that the miracles he purportedly claimed he performed were fake.

But his lingering doubts would not only be cleared, his belief that God — just like in Biblical days — still intervenes in the affairs of men earned a bigger boost after his own divine encounter.

Clad in an orange coloured native attire, Mr Udoh sat in the midst of the congregation that Sunday as Dr Chris Okafor ministered.

Suddenly, by the help of the Holy Spirit, he was located by the man of God, and all hell seemed to break loose when, through prophecy, certain deep things about his background were revealed.

“See, the most amazing thing about that encounter with the man of God was that he seemed to know so much about me and my family,” Udoh said afterwards.

“I just could not understand how someone I had never met, nor told anything would know so much about me and my family. I told myself that that could only happen by the power of the Holy Spirit who we are told in the book of Daniel “reveals deep and secret things and He knows what is in darkness and the light dwells with Him.”

“Dr Chris Okafor began by telling me about my father — a policeman — who was at home, and wasn’t even present at the service. That was the first shocker for me.

“He went further to tell me about a trip my father was set to embark on to our village to conclude a matter concerning a contentious piece of land, and how he was in danger of not returning alive if he persisted on taking over the land which was rightly his, anyway.

“These were deep things that only persons close to me or my family could know. I was not only taken aback by the uncanny accuracy of Dr Chris Okafor’s prophecy, I was impressed.

“After that personal encounter, it will be difficult for anybody to convince me that Dr Chris Okafor is a false prophet, or that miracles done by God through his hands are fake. As a matter of fact, I consider anybody referring to the man of God as a false prophet, or the miracles that God does through him, cursed. That’s my opinion.

“This is because I witnessed the raw power of God as he laid hands on me and delivered me from battles that have seemed to stagnate me and members of my family for years.

“And on the strength of that very divine encounter, I made two decisions immediately. I vowed to bring everyone related to me to Grace Nation. Infact, I brought my sister to church last Sunday, May 12, 2024. I told her to stop her present church and join us because Grace Nation is the place to be.

“The second decision is that I am joining any of the service units to be a full time worker for God for His mercies over my life. I can not thank God enough for all His grace upon my life. Do you know that I had a fatal motorbike accident a day before that very encounter with God at Grace Nation? The Okada rider died on the spot while I survived enough to go to church the next day!”

Many have sustained injuries following clashes between hoodlums in the Ile-Epo district of Lagos State.

According to reports from Punch Metro, the altercation commenced in a local market on Wednesday night and persisted into Thursday morning.

Several shops were engulfed in flames, and merchandise was damaged during the chaos.

Despite attempts by law enforcement to intervene early, the hoodlums hindered their efforts.

A punch correspondent who visited the scene of the incident gathered that an early intervention by the police was restricted by the hoodlums.

A fire service truck that drove into the market this morning was also forced to reverse after being pelted with stones.

Furthermore, a fire service vehicle dispatched to the scene this morning faced resistance, forcing it to retreat after being targeted with projectiles.