Nelson A. Osuala[3 October 2016]
As Nigeria turned 56 years of independence on Saturday, the residents of Assakio Development Area in Lafia, Nasarawa State were on their own thrown into bewilderment and confusion over a sudden appearance of a strange cross five feet away from a central mosque in the community.
This incidence left many questions in the hearts of the Assakio dwellers who converged enmass to the scene along with all the people in the environs. Our source informed that some people were seen praying for blessings, others asking for forgiveness as though the world was fast coming to an end that day.
This action goes to confirm John S. Mbiti's assertion that " Africans (Nigerians) are notoriously religious".
However, we cannot stop to question how on earth did the crucifix appear in the Mosque? Could it be like the Biblical Pharaoh asserted: ' The finger of God?' against the Muslims or rather a Sign for a Harmony of religion?
Punch news corroborated the incidence. An excerpt argues that:
"… the illuminated cross was projected on to the ground. And that a 15 year-old-girl, Hajara Hussaini, in an interview, said she first sighted the sign of a crucifix at about 8pm on Wednesday evening.
According to the young lad, she had been sent on an errand by her parents, when she saw a strange light, she became affrighted and quickly rushed back home to alert her mother, Matan Liman.
"Confirming the incident to journalists, Matan said she had sent her daughter to visit her grandmother. The middle-aged woman added that her daughter saw the crucifix while returning from the errand.
The Chief Imam of Assakio Central Mosque, Muhammed Iliyasu, who confirmed the incident, told our correspondent that the appearance of the cross within the premises of the mosque was a revelation from God, affirming that “Jesus is also a prophet of God.”
Also confirming the incident ..Very Rev. Micheal Dogo of the Evangelical Reform Church of Christ, Assakio, described the appearance of the cross as a sign of reconciliation in the community."
Many eyewitnesses especially young ones took to their heels , others expressed surprise and were completely nonplussed at such mysterious sign.
Nelson A.Osuala
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