Martin Amaewhule, the Speaker of the Rivers House of Assembly, stated that he is thankful to God for surviving past years of kidnap and assassination attempts.
Mr Amaewhule made the announcement during his 52nd birthday thanksgiving service at the All Saints Anglican Church, Eliozu, Obio/Apkor Local Government Area, Rivers.
Amaewhule said he was not “just marking another birthday but acknowledging that many people had planned to take his life in the last one year, but God didn’t allow them.’’
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He recalled a harrowing experience in 2008 when he narrowly escaped death after being abducted by unidentified gunmen immediately following a Sunday church service.
The Speaker recounted, “Some of you were here in 2008 when a preacher was preaching right here on a Sunday service, on that faithful day, I didn’t know the people who came to kidnap me were also in the service. After service, they tactically followed me to my residence, tied up my security guard and abducted me and took me to a forest where they held me hostage for five days.”
During the ordeal, he was fed only with biscuits and suffered severe mistreatment.
He said, “They placed thorns under my feet and inflicted several injuries on my head and body in the process of moving me from one hideout to another within the forest. They fed me with biscuits throughout the period even as I almost bled to death,” he said.
The Speaker expressed gratitude to God for his numerous blessings, guidance, and preservation, noting: “’When God does things for you, it is important to appreciate him for more. “
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