*The religiousity in Africa, and Nigeria in particular is legendary. Many religious leaders have come and gone, with several others sprouting up around us everyday. One of them is a church founder based in Warri, Delta state, Jesus Holiness, Saint Daniel Dikeji MiyeriJesu, the Demon Destroyer, also known as Osuakpeje (World Leader) and Bishop of the Whole World.
Saint Dikeji as he is popularly called, claims to be called and ordained by Jesus Christ himself in a religious encounter that sounded very much like the Samuel encounter in the Old Testament Bible.
While describing the surreal experience of his first encounter with God, Saint Dikeji reportedly heard, āHeard a loud voice, saying āDikejiā (his native name), he turned around to see who was calling, but couldnāt find anybody. He took a few steps further and heard the voice the second time āDikejiā. He turned back again, and couldnāt find anyone, so he decided to continue on his movement towards the Crusade arena.
As He moved further, he heard the voice the third time calling more loudly the same name āDikejiā. At this point he stood, turned back and suddenly, the Lord began to speak to him, saying āI am sending you as a distributor.ā
A distributor?
Saint Dikeji continued narrating godās charge to him saying he asked the voice a naive question on what exactly he is supposed to distribute.
āA distributor of what? Is it of beer?ā he asked.
The voice allegedly replied, āI am making you a distributor of my wordā¦ I will give you power to represent me on earth.ā
Saint Dikeji in action: Destroying charms and shrines
Sources who claim to know the pastorās roots say he was once a member of the Warri Anglican Diocese until h decided to stand alone just like a lot of clergy men do.
Reports explain the pastorās title transformation from simply Miyeriaye to the Bishop opf the world saying: āThe name, āMiyeriayeā means āI praise them.ā But that was in the past. As soon as he broke lose from the Anglican fold, this chap promptly changed his name to āMiyeriJesuā (I praise Jesus). His followers then began to affectionately call him DKJ. Soon, he added āOsuā to his name. Osu means leader. Then he added āDemon Destroyerā (Double D).
āThen came āJesus Holiness.ā Not quite content, he added āSaintā in front of his names and titles. His followers and the media now refers to him as Saint DKJ. Still not quite happy, he has recently added āBishop of the Whole Worldā to his ever growing names and titles. You would hate to see his business card.ā
Others who have experienced the pastors elaborate religious propaganda say his billboards compete favourably in number with that of the state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan.
Reports say there is a giant billboard of him at a very busy junction in Warri where he announced his ordination as bishop of the whole world.
Billboards with a picture showing him in a kneeling position before a Caucasian Jesus is one of the more prominent ones.
Saint Dikeji bases his preaching on his fight against idol worshipping and it is not unusual to see his convoy of exotic cars with blaring sirens moving around Warri town from one location to another.
The clergyman has a large following in Delta with many of his ardent followers vowing that he his truly called by God and he is here to stay. Whether the Saint Dikeji, the Bishop of the whole world is here to stay is not for us to determine, only time will tell.
While we all wait for time to prove all men true, we watch and keep our fingers crossed.
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