[News] A popular pastor once told me many people who die in Nigeria were not killed by God nor the devil- Retired pastor, Wale Adenuga, writes as he mourns medical doctor killed in Lagos hospital elevator accident

A retired Nigerian pastor, Wale Adenuga, has expressed his sadness over the tragic death of medical doctor, Vwaere Diaso, who passed away in an elevator accident at the General Hospital, Odan in Lagos Island on Tuesday, August 1.

 

In a post shared on his Instagram page this morning August 4, Adenuga said a popular Nigerian pastor once mentioned to him that many people who died in Nigeria were not killed by God or the devil. Comparing the comment with the demise of Dr Diaso, Adenuga said her death was caused because the maintenance department in the hospital failed to do what they were supposed to do. He also added that the tragic incident happened because people who knew that the elevator wasn’t functioning properly failed to speak up and also follow through to ensure it was fixed.

He added that when he was a serving pastor, he always told his congregants that long life sometimes isn’t a function of prayers. He said it is sometimes a function of how well a society runs. ‘’It’s why the Japanese who doesn’t believe in Jesus lives up to 90 and those of us rolling on altars die at 54.”

 

His post reads;

 

‘’A senior friend of mine who’s a very popular pastor in Nigeria once told me this: many people who die in Nigeria were not killed by God nor the devil. It’s true. And that’s what we have in the case of Dr. Diaso who died in that elevator crash.

An avoidable death because the maintenance didn’t do what they were supposed to do. But not only that; it happened because we all looked on and didn’t speak up and follow through. If we followed through, there would have been an insistence on deactivating that lift.

Let’s imbibe a culture of speaking up and following through when we see wrong things happening. We need to move from just sharing testimonies of how God saved us while others perished.

I used to teach my congregants when I was a pastor that long life sometimes isn’t a function of prayers. It’s sometimes a function of how well a society runs. It’s why the Japanese who doesn’t believe in Jesus lives up to 90 and those of us rolling on altars die at 54.

Speak up when the wrong dimension is used for reinforcement rods in a building construction. Because verily verily, Jesus won’t stop the building from coming down. When you see evil, speak up. And please don’t use that worn out phrase; AND GOD WILL HELP US, because sometimes He won’t.

And lastly, to the statement that this might be a result of an arrow fired; I would say our silence and negligence produced the arrow that was shot.”