The
recent tragic incident that saw a Bristow Sikosky S76 C+ helicopter
crash into the lagoon in Oworonshoki, Lagos on Wednesday 12th August,
2015, have left quite a lot of people devastated and others, testifying.
Two
offshore oil rig Sedco workers, Chukwudi Onah and Ebiejuara Dolu,
following their survival in the tragic incident, on Sunday, 25th
October, appeared in the church of controversial Nigerian Pastor T.B.
Joshua to testify that it was ‘God’s hand’ that saved them from the
unfortunate incident.
The duo, who both sustained injuries but have since recovered, were accompanied by more than seventeen family members who came to share their testimonies, thanking God for preserving their lives in the disaster that led to six death, including that of the pilot and co-pilot.
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Onah,
testifying before the congregation of the Synagogue Church Of All
Nations’, SCOAN, said it was ‘Morning Water’ he had received at the
church that was instrumental to his survival.
According
to the survivor, “I never leave it anywhere I am going. It’s always
with me, along with my Anointing Sticker,” he explained.
“On
that fateful day, before I left my room, I prayed that God would take
charge, I thanked Him for mercies, and then I sprinkled the ‘Morning
Water’ upon myself.
“While
on board, there were no signs of trouble as the flight was going “very
smoothly”. However, merely minutes away from arriving at Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, tragedy struck.
According to Onah, the chopper suddenly turned while still suspended on air.
“Everybody
became confused,” he said. “We were shouting Jesus! The chopper was
dangling up and down. I didn’t even know when it fell inside the water.
“As the
helicopter began descending steadily to the bottom of the lagoon, I was
strapped heavily into my seat-belt and could not move.”
Recounting further his ordeal, he said, “I shouted, ‘God of TB Joshua, save me.”
He added that his lungs were soon filled up with water.
Onah
also said what transpired next can only be termed ‘supernatural’.
Staring death in the face, confused and struggling to free himself, he
said he heard a ‘voice’ speaking clearly to him.
“It’s
just as you are hearing me now. The voice said, ‘Your seat-belt.’ I took
my hand to the side of the seat belt and it became suddenly loose. The
same voice came again and said, ‘Your life-jacket’. I took my hand to
the side of the life-jacket and it suddenly inflated. It now carried me
up from down to the top of the sea.”
Onah solemnly narrated that the two passengers seated directly besides him were among those that died.
Similarly,
Dolu stated that he was a regular visitor to the SCOAN and had
administered ‘Morning Water’ before entering the helicopter that day.
Recounting his experience, he said, “All that I saw was the helicopter take a sharp turn and then we were just plummeting down.
“Moments
before the crash, all I could remember was that I saw myself swimming.
There is no way I could have come out of the helicopter without removing
my seat belt but I was not the one.
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