All the same, the messenger of the Most High did not plan for the unusual that he witnessed, last weekend, at his 10 Ekpiken Close home
Unknown to the pastor, a 19 –year-old python, measuring 20-metre, supposedly feeding on dogs, fowls, rats and lizards for ages, had been a co-dweller with him and his children in the same apartment for about a decade. The moment he stepped out on the revelation day, the ravenous python from its hideaway in the roof, decided it was time to materialize and use one of the children for its next meal.
Amba’s words,
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“Everything that happened that day was nothing less than a miracle.
What if this beast had injured anyone, they would have said a lot of
things about me and the ministry, I cannot thank God enough for what he
did for my family and me because I have been living in that house for
about a decade. Only God knows how long the snake came into that
place.’’
Angelic visit
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Amba told us, “Two of my children were home alone when they saw that a
something like a machete was piercing through the ceiling so they ran
out of the house. Fortunately, one of our members was coming to the
house at that time, and he is the one, who inquired from them what the
matter was and they told him what they noticed in the ceiling.”
Shocking discovery
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“In
trying to find out if there was someone with a machete in the ceiling
because the opening made was quite obvious, they set up a form of ladder
to climb and look into the place, but saw something that looked like a
tyre, but they discovered it was shining. They decided to use a bigger
torch light, what they saw was a python and they were shocked,” he said.
His words, “I just came back from a journey where I went to see my father in the lord in Abuja and also attended a conference there. My coming into Calabar was to prepare for our yearly programme, ‘September to Remember,’ but before coming back, I already knew that a battle had been won because God is always in control.”
His words, “I just came back from a journey where I went to see my father in the lord in Abuja and also attended a conference there. My coming into Calabar was to prepare for our yearly programme, ‘September to Remember,’ but before coming back, I already knew that a battle had been won because God is always in control.”
September to remember
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“The
occurrence did not come as a surprise but it was not natural, because
what could the snake be possibly eating for those years it has spent in
that place, it is indeed a September to remember for me ,my family and
the MegaFaith Ministries,” he added.
Amba further said, “When I was alerted, I decided to call the police so that they can kill it because I am not the kind of person, who reads meaning to every little thing. But they refused, arguing that they could kill it and it transforms into a human being based on the incident that led to its discovery, so they left without doing anything.”
The clergyman said neighbours referred him to some Hausa snake charmers from Bogobiri. He complied and invited them. According to him, ”When they came (the Mallams), they first went into the ceiling to ascertain the size of the snake and came down to tell me that they will collect N60,000, but we bargained till they came down to N20,000, which we paid. I left them to continue the work of my Father because I had communion to administer that evening.”
Amba further said, “When I was alerted, I decided to call the police so that they can kill it because I am not the kind of person, who reads meaning to every little thing. But they refused, arguing that they could kill it and it transforms into a human being based on the incident that led to its discovery, so they left without doing anything.”
The clergyman said neighbours referred him to some Hausa snake charmers from Bogobiri. He complied and invited them. According to him, ”When they came (the Mallams), they first went into the ceiling to ascertain the size of the snake and came down to tell me that they will collect N60,000, but we bargained till they came down to N20,000, which we paid. I left them to continue the work of my Father because I had communion to administer that evening.”
He disclosed that by the time he returned, they had killed the snake but area boys did not allow the snake charmers to take it away, as they turned it into a delicacy.
Attack: An eyewitness, who preferred anonymity, told Niger Delta Voice that the snake almost disappeared after they (Mallams) led by Danzaria Rabiu climbed the ceiling the second time to kill it.
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“When
one of the ‘Northerner’ climbed the ceiling, they could not find the
snake anymore, so they started breaking the ceiling all over and the
creature fell down in fury, started attacking them, but the four of them
over powered the about 20 meters long creature”
he stated.The eyewitness added, “The incident was really strange although there is a little bush behind us, but it still does not explain how the snake entered and have been living for years, how did it survive for that long in that place, what was it feeding on? He asked.
Not an ordinary snake
Mallam Rabiu, who spoke in Pidgin English, said:
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“The snake don live there for a very long time don live there for up to
10 years and when we kill am. I discover from the counting say the
snake don live up to 19 years. There is a way we dey take count the mark
wey dey the belle to know how long the snake don live.”
“The snake enter there when e still dey small , na for there wey the snake stay grow because we see different kind of fowl , rat ,lizard and dog bones, that na wetin we see for inside that ceiling be that.”
“The snake enter there when e still dey small , na for there wey the snake stay grow because we see different kind of fowl , rat ,lizard and dog bones, that na wetin we see for inside that ceiling be that.”
He, however, said that the snake did not look ordinary because it almost disappeared while they were trying to kill it after they had finished negotiating with the pastor, who called them to come and kill it.
He said:
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“When
we come inside the ceiling the second timer, we did not see the snake
again. We come begin break the ceiling before the thing come fall down.
“With the kind things wey dey our body, the snake no suppose attack us. I surprise when e begin open mouth to bite us.”
“With the kind things wey dey our body, the snake no suppose attack us. I surprise when e begin open mouth to bite us.”
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