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Dare-Devil Confessions of thieves … our business of blood and money – How we saved Tb Joshua

They are born of different fathers. They are different peoples. grew up in different places. But they have a common name. Once they were armed robbers. His trade is going to rob passengers of their mobile phones in moving buses to steal goats, and bloody road kills ups expected. Their stories are lessons on how bad companies transform in children under the boldness of Barabbas. Children of the gun. Their confessions were given under duress or in a police cell. It came as a result of life-changing encounter with the Supervisor of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua. The stranger-than-fiction true confessions of these three young men who have repented from their evil way, further demonstrate the redemptive power of God.

Now they are residents of the prophet Joshua Synagogue where ministers each day for their physical, financial, mental health needs and spiritual, trying to remodel and repair their lives bent and weary. In fact, there are several armed robbers confessed in the church who are being served, refurbished and returned to normal life by the prophet of renown.

The rehabilitation program thieves is an extension of an NGO recently made by Joshua to lead the career criminals to the saving knowledge of God. The trio left gaping spectator repented since his exploits had bloody in the crime world, causing tears, shock and pain, then remorse.

Excerpts:
Isaiah is a year-old son of 33, a retired soldier. Saluda Adamawa State, but grew up in Jos, Plateau State, where for the first time mixed with bad companies. His journey to crime flourished in Delta State where he became a kingpin of theft.

What did you do before becoming involved in armed robbery?
I was a high school student then, in 2000. It all started from keeping bad friends, go out, alcohol and smoke cannabis. I did not care. They stole money, and spent lavishly. We started as a small cult. We met in a small cave. After my high school, I organized my own goal.

Tell me about your first transaction, how do we organize?
We chair, who was the leader of the band. I double-crossed him because I was older than him and he even stronger. Then, carved in my own band, my own children within the group. Of the 17 boys of the original band, 15, often because I assured them that in any successful operation carried out, the spoils would be divided into equally between us. The chair, on the contrary, the deceived.

You still have not told me about his first operation, how they were organized, where and how it runs.
Well, I can the exact date, but I can say that the day was terrible and bloody. It was a highway robbery in Jos Any person that God placed in my hands …

Has someone said that God offers you?
Oh Yes, because usually prayed before taking to the road.

Normally, he prayed? In whose name?
In God's name.

That God?
No se. But usually prayed before leaving, and if luck shines on us the mother and the expansion of the business, sometimes it could win more than one or two million dollars on a trip. He had no fear of the police at all.

Why are not you afraid of the police?
Due that my arms were better than the police.

Do you also have juju?
That is a must. Each strong armed robber must have something to protect it. Before I got that power, I slept in a ditch for seven good days.

Therefore, how did you get that power?
They told me if I sleep for seven days should not be afraid to scream if I see anything. That should not run because things will come.

What were the things that come to you at the cemetery?
At some point, things do not come in the form of animals to frighten me.

So, once they pass through that moment, nothing scares you again?
Nothing. Even the weapons. And if the police were on the way, my instincts told me. If the ominous sign, I informed my children lie low and refrain from any operation. The day my children were killed, warned in advance, but insisted on going because it broke. That day, exchanged fire with police.

When was that?
That was in 2003. That day was bloody.

How many of your children died in the exchange?
Three of them.

How you did it survive?
Not a single bullet hit me because of the charms I had in me.

Apart from Indian hemp, which also were taking cocaine, crack and other hard drugs?
Every man should always drive animals. If you do not take things, you will have an ounce of human feeling in you and would hinder their performance. But if you take these medicines, see humans as mere flies.

In this time, even be killed?
You end up anything that comes your way.

Even his mother?
Of course. If you do not kill her kill someone, because he will and 'Bust of my career. "In a car, first you see anyone you know or know that person is the person you kill first, because that person to go and spread the news about you if you spare him or her.

Did you then give up armed robbery?
I never renounced armed robbery. After my children were murdered, I moved to my city and I organized another group again. Me moved to Delta State in 2005 with 13 children. I lived in Effurun.

Why did you choose Effurun and Warri?
Because there is a very good hiding place. If you commit a crime and runs to the village mechanic and hide, no one knew you. Ah, I was terrified that either place, and nobody knew who I was. They caught some innocent children instead.

So what was your turning point?
I found a friend he never knew he was an armed robber. All the while, I took him to clubs, he would be asking me: "you are not free to people." And I said: "I'm not used to people I do not like people." In fact, I used to go out during the day. I only went out at night, and before leaving, my children must wear a monitoring system in the area for me because I was suspicious of everyone, every time, even my children. Do not trust them. But this friend of mine, when we were at home, we saw Emmanuel TV (satellite television from the Synagogue, Church Of All Naitons). I asked him to turn off the TV. He insisted that he liked the program because he always saw miracles happen there every day.

Was it an armed robber too?
No, he was not and he did not know I was an armed robber. The TV that caught my attention. Sometimes, we have seen some miracles that surprised us. Then it became a habit for me to come into place in front of the TV. One day he said: "I've never been in Lagos, how I can know this man?" Everything seemed a joke. He said he knew Lagos. He brought me to Lagos and dropped me at Isheri, Idimu. I told him to come back from there, I can find my way.

Being the first time in Lagos, how to find your way?
When I arrived in Lagos, asked Synagogue, Church Of All Nations. One type of Yoruba gave me directions. I came to the church in the morning but I was not allowed to enter.

Why?
Because I wanted follow the other door, I thought it was like normal for the church in Warri where you can enter at will. I was asked in the queue. Discouraged by the long queue, I went out to smoke cigarettes and drinking water. I went and joined the queue and entered the church. They took us to sit in the visitors to the church. As the man of God, preaching, said: "It's not an armed robber there" pointed to where I was. I refused to stand. Then he said, "if you leave, if you like do not go, anything that follows you are going to mourn. "After the service closed for the first time I went to Chelsea dry gin drinking, and smoking cigarettes. I went home but I I could not sleep. I could not do anything.

Which house?
I stayed at Hotel Bakema. I could not sleep, it was as if I was going crazy. I experienced that as of Monday but on Tuesday I was back to church and told one of the sisters. She asked me to return on Thursday. On Thursday, when I returned I got a small role, it was written the instruction: Please return on Sunday 6am. I arrived at 9 am. When I showed the paper small, they took me in and gave me a seat. Fortunately, that day, the man of God was preaching. When he called armed robbers, my seat suddenly became the hottest like a burning coal. It was as if he was on fire. He was sweating profusely. I stood up, but a voice told me to sit down. But the seat was getting too hot for me. So I got up and walked to the man of God. I could not see it. I only saw the light, but heard his voice speaking to me. So, I did not hear anything new until I was on the ground when my eyes opened and I saw the crowd. I asked standing up. Today, he gave me N200, 000 and four bags of rice and a new Bible. From I was born, no one has given me a Bible as a gift. The gift of the Bible is enough for me.

When was the last operation in Warri?
Earlier this month (November 2009). It was a highway robbery. We set up a blockade on the road and snatched a car, in the process collected money, cell phones and other valuables.

Have you killed in this last operation?
I did not kill anyone.

In his entire career as an armed robber, how many people you killed?
Many.

If you appear before God and God question how did you feel when you were killing …
(Cuts in) the important thing is that I have received my healing. Sometimes you just sit and mourn for my past sins and pray for God to have mercy on me.

This N200, 000 that the man of God has given, what will you do with it?
God direct me, but I have a professional skill, I am a shoemaker.

You are used to receiving millions of people, now someone is giving you N200, 000. Are you sure you take out of the crime that has made you a millionaire?
No temptation I go back to crime.

What as prepared is now in its current state to deal with the temptation to come?
God will take care of that.

When you going to the synagogue?
I do not want to leave the synagogue. Synagogue gave me life again. Do not even think of leaving.

You went into a canal International everybody you have an armed robber was not afraid of being arrested?
No.

What if the police come to stop it?
I am ready to face the consequences of my sins.

Prince of Kaduna State is one of nine children CEAO a pastor. The 28-year-old JSS education stopped in February 1998 due to the attraction of low life. His family was not the wisest. Its work in a bakery was his excuse for working late and sleeping outdoors. The boy with musical talent transformed into a bold thief.

How did you get?
I got involved through a friend. We began by stealing goats and chickens people. Then came into their homes and steal their things, jewelry, including money and other things we can sell to raise money. People see me spending money and they thought I was getting my work in bakery.

Why, finally, had to leave school?
I dropped out of school due to bad behaviors. There was a friend who went and killed a goat. I informed the school authority. The director hit me and then told me to call an emergency meeting the next day. And I was going to bring my friend to confess our heinous crimes, since that day, I stopped going to school. Despite my bad ways of life, yet God has blessed me with the talent of the songs. I that gospel songs. I went to my father who was a minister and told him of my ambition to record gospel songs in a studio. He supported me with N30, 000 to start recording, but two weeks after his death.

When you were being picky, what was the reaction of adult loved more?
All of them were angry, even to date, are still angry, especially since I left school. I was the black sheep of the family and they all stayed away from me the form. After my father died, the first thing on my mind was going into gospel music. Then I started going to church and started make known my talent. I contacted some great men of my church to help me, nobody heard me. In fact, one specifically told me it was not a sucker for any gold digger. That was it! That's what provoked me. The evil spirit entered into me at that time.

Is not your counselor pastor?
The first pastor called to tell me the church can not sponsor my album. But instead of that could help me with composers after my production and then you should go ahead with implementation. Where I can find the money to launch? That's what bothered me. I definitely took a bad life Jos This time, the riot was happening Jose in 2001. I used that opportunity to reach very Jos Diablo connected with a friend who was already an armed robber reckless, a boy of Ibo, called Uchenna. He was killed in Apata. After his death, I took the 10 firearms he had, and I disappeared. Before his death, I had linked to some native doctors gave me strong juju. After his death, I organized my gang in Jos And we went on a robbery spree across the North. In the first year of operation, five members of my gang were killed, and still had five other children. One of the boys had a father van. We went to steal. That was something I will never forget in my life. I used a knife to maul her body all over and we took his car key, drove his car at Apo Village in Abuja where we changed every part of it and started using it.

However, 24 members of my gang were killed in one night. What saved me was that I had a medicine man in Zaria, which delights me to make me disappear in case of danger. He told me not to allow any other person than myself to drive the car, and must not allow any woman in the car. Keep that statement, nothing bad could happen, I said. But one night we were traveling, then suddenly had torchlight around us. Before he knew it, the police opened fire. I disappeared and appeared in an unknown forest where they walked from midnight until 15:00 the following day. I heard a voice warned me that if I'm going to offend again, I would die. When I reached the city, I called a friend of my father and confessed. He said that God had a solution to my problem.

When I met him, he showed me a TV on and saw thieves Emmanuel armed takeover. He asked me to find transport tariff went and sold some of my stuff to raise money for the fare. When I arrived, he told me changed counseling date for October to 27 November. He said he is through healing services that I can see the man of God. I decided that I will not wait until that date, but I will go and fellowship there. He was concerned that I could be a homeless in Lagos because I have no one there. Then, I remember a friend from my school days who joined the army and is now in Ikeja. I called and informed him. I arrived on Saturday and Sunday is the church. When I sat down to listen to the man the preaching of God, I heard him say "if you know you're an armed robber …" He was covered in sweat. The power of God has been carried out and the man God delivered me.

What was the first big money you made?
Any operation that we went, we got a minimum per head more than a million naira. Sometimes I have spent up to nine months enjoying the spoils, living an evil life.

Justin Oliseh, a under 18 years old, is a soccer prodigy, who in 2003 / 4 played in the junior team of gabbros. The Indian had been plagued Anambra since childhood by a kleptic uncanny instinct that led him to steal from their peers and teachers. But in 2004, dropped out of junior high, while in February and became fully engaged in the robbery.

Getting started in armed robbery?
The armed robbery of a thing is like a generational curse in my family. My father was killed in an operation of armed robbery. My father fathered five children – four boys and one girl, but I am All that is an armed robber.

What do you mean when you say it is a generational curse?
My uncle also died in an operation of armed robbery.

Why choose to follow in their (his father and uncle) steps?
The spirit which were in them came inside me.

What do you mean? You who have been stealing while they were still alive?
They were not alive. I witnessed his death.

How were they killed?
My father was publicly executed in the state of Anambra and my mother took me to witness his execution.

Why did that?
Because when my father was alive, I was his favorite son He took me everywhere he went. In Iboland, there is a saying that "Obek nnayan 'meaning, as the father and son.

Did your mother not ashamed to go public performance?
I can not remember. I was too young then.

The moment was shot what happened to you?
By the time he was shot, my spirit was hardened. I felt something wrong with me. Suddenly I had the strength to do things I had afraid to do before. From that moment, I can look my mother in the face.

What was the first band he joined as?
We five in number. But I refused to carry the gun and refused to shed blood. If I carry gun is empty of bullets.

What was his first operation and where?
It was in Anambra Stae, an operation from home.

When did you stop stealing?
This November (2009).

When was your last robbery?
Last month (October) here in Lagos. My friend and I snatched the mobile phones of people on the bus. My friend pulled a knife and collected all the mobile phones of the passengers.

How many mobile phones you collect?
Those who were with me before I sold 12.

How made the decision to come to this church?
In my house, I used to watch TV and I saw Emmanuel many thieves who surrendered and wondered how he could be delivered? One of my friends advised me to go to church. The first day I heard the man of God preach, said: "There's a thief in this church." I do not know whether he was talking to me or not. The second Sunday came, he returned to say armed robbers
should step forward and give his life to God. He gave me steps and I was given. I've been here for three weeks.

Throughout the period that you operate, why refuse to kill?
I do not want to shed innocent blood.

Are you not afraid that the police will come next?
I have no fear. Even if the police should stop now, I have given my life to Christ.

The man of God gave you N150, 000, four bags of rice and a Bible, what going to do with that?
I'm going back to school and study mechanical engineering.

SOURCE: El Espectador – Vol.2 N º 83 December 10 2009

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