Pastor sells anointed umbrellas for N5,000 each in this Recession (photo)

Prophet Freddy, the leader of Goodness and
Mercy Ministries made his congregants
part with their $10 (about N5000) each to
buy what were termed 'anointed
umbrellas'.

According to Prophet Freddy, the divine
umbrellas will protect everyone who
has it from lightning and storms during
the rainy season. The umbrellas were
also said to have the ability to protect
congregants from evil spirits.
Pastor sells anointed umbrellas for N5000 each
“God instructed me to pray for these
umbrellas and there will be no member of
this church who will buy the umbrella
and get struck by lightning or will be
tormented by demons. 2017 is a year of
overtaking and this year we shall
overtake if you have faith, God will use
these umbrellas to perform miracles,
signs and wonders,” said prophet
Freddy.
H-Metro reports the joyous church
members sauntered to the altar in their
numbers to buy the umbrellas. There
was also stampede and some people got
injured when the pastor offered to give
one of the umbrellas out for free. One of
the ladies who was part of the scuffle,
said she was injured as she tried to get
the umbrella.
“I was pushed by another woman who
also wanted the umbrella and I
dislocated my arm but I don’t regret
what happened to me and I believe I will
be healed since I was injured in the
house of God. I was not doing something
wrong to anyone so I know these injuries
will come to pass,” she said.

‘Operation Python Dance’ was successful in South- east, says Army

From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha

THE Nigerian Army yesterday said that
despite the initial disinformation,
agitation and misplaced apprehension
about the Exercise Python Dance
launched by the military during the
festive period, the record of
achievements was huge and highly
acknowledged by well meaning locals
and visitors across the Southeastern
region.
Deputy Director, Army Public Relations,
82 Division, Enugu, Col. Sagir Musa in a
statement said that due to intensity of
patrols, road blocks, raids and other
activities in the Military Line of
Operation, miscreants and criminals were
denied freedom of action.
Musa said that as a result of the military
exercise, most of the criminal elements
fizzled out of the region into neighboring
Delta and Rivers states.
He commended the media for the
wonderful role they played while the
exercise lasted, noting that the accounts
of peace, law, order and secured
environments in the entire Southeastern
region occasioned by the exercise was
widely circulated by the media.
He noted: “The political leadership, some
elite and the locals in Abia, Anambra,
Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States
appreciated and differently voiced their
commendations about the Nigerian Army.
“Also, most of the security challenges
such as intra and inter communal crisis,
farmers-herdsmen clashes, kidnapping,
armed robbery and cultism as well as
“trading in human misery” in the region
were grossly reduced to the barest
minimum. These menaces are and have
been the focus and targets of this
exercise and have so far been effectively
achieved.
“Similarly, violent secessionist agitators
and related divisive irredentist groups
were silently suppressed. Consequently,
the region was stabilised with an
increased level of free movements and a
boost in economic and social activities.”
Musa noted that even the annual gridlock
on the Niger Bridge at Onitsha during the
yuletide season was effectively remedied,
while the yearly sufferings,
inconveniencies and insecurity arising
from traffic jam on the Asaba-Onitsha
axis of the bridge were curtailed.
He said the seamless flow of traffic was
achieved by own troops working in
synergy with the Federal Road Safety
Commission (FRSC) and the Nigerian
Police Force.
He said the exercise has further raised
the image and reputation of the Nigerian
Army in its struggles to end insurgency,
crimes and criminalities across the
nation, adding that a lot was learnt on
real time situations during the exercise.

•FC Ifeanyiubah: NPFL: Show of shame in Kano as FC Ifeanyiubah abandons league opener against Pillars

Stories BY MONICA IHEAKAM

It was a show of shame in Kano, as the
opening game of the 2016/2017 Nigeria
Professional Football League season
between Kano Pillars and FC Ifeanyiubah
abruptly ended in chaos.
Sunday Sun Sports inquires revealed
that Ifeanyi Ubah, abandoned the match
in which hosts Pillars where where
leading 1-0 courtesy of Gambo
Mohammed’s goal.
It was gathered that the first half ended
on a controversial note with the centre
referee Folusho Ajayi from Oyo State
disallowing what FC IfeanyiUbah players
insisted was a legitimate goal. On
resumption of the second half, the game
was abandoned just five minutes into
proceedings when the referee sent an
FC IfeanyiUbah official into the stands
for un-sportsmanly behaviour with the
away side refusing to continue play
despite appeals by the match
commissioner.
Many dignitaries including Kano State
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the
LMC boss Shehu Dikko, were understood
to be present at the Sani Abacha
stadium to watch the first game of the
season in the NPFL.