From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau)
In a somber call, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has admonished Nigerians to be heavenly conscious amid different happenings in the country.
Obasanjo who spoke at the dedication of the St Moses Orimolade Holy Land, where the Cenotaph of C&S founder, Orimolade is located bemoaned carefree attitudes exhibited by people regarding the kingdom of God and life after death.
Addressing the congregants, Saturday, the former Nigerian leader said, “the situation we have in the country today does not show we are preparing for the kingdom of God but we have to be prepared.”
He continued: “there is always a day of reckoning. Christianity was brought to us and many of our people made great contributions and they are unsung heroes now.
“Missionaries came but we have our own missionaries and leaders and Moses Orimolade was one of them.
“It is because of the church that you and I have the assurance of salvation. Our own church leaders who paid their own price also helped in spreading the gospel and we pray their efforts are not in vain,” he said.
Notably, the High Owu Chief recalled how he helped to preserve the tomb of the Founder of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, St Moses Orimolade, in Ojokoro area of Lagos during the construction of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
Reacting to a comment earlier made by the Master of Ceremonies on how his (Obasanjo) intervention prevented the tomb of Orimolade from being removed, with the church pulled down, Obasanjo said he took the action as military Head of state at the time because he wanted the nation’s heroes to be celebrated and acknowledged.
“When I was told the road work would affect the tomb of Baba Orimolade and even the church set up there in his memory, I agreed that the road be bent to accommodate the preservation of the tomb and the church.
“If I had insisted that the road should not be bent or the contractor insisted and I agreed, the body of Orimolade would have been exhumed and the church may not be here.
“The action I took in the past, I don’t know it would result in what we are witnessing today and this edifice we are dedicating here,” he said.
The officiating minister, Dr Ademuyiwa Ajayi in his sermon, titled ‘Come and See’, urged Christians to use every opportunity to evangelise for the Lord.
The new auditorium building commissioned by Obasanjo was donated to the church by Reverend Mother Esther Ajayi.
