Lai Oso: We had premonition of death by road accident, but we didn’t know who – Apostle Achudume

As tears continue to flow over the death of renowned communication expert, Prof Lai Oso, Senior Pastor at Victory Life Bible Church, Apostle Lawrence Achudume, where Oso was a pastor, has asserted that his death is a personal loss and a greater loss to the church and humanity.

He said that his consolation was in the fact that “God knows better what He has done.”

Oso, 67 years old, died in a car accident on Saturday evening while returning from Delta State University in Abraka where he was an external examiner.

The Professor of Mass Communication at the Lagos State University, LASU, was a pastor at the Victory Life Bible Church, Sagamu, Ogun state.

According to Apostle Achudume, the prayers that the church had prayed to avert any evil and the fact that the late Prof Lai Oso participated in the prayers before traveling to Abraka, showed that “God Knows better what He has done.”

”I am comforted that God knows better what He has done. Prof Lai Oso was a devoted, fervent, and dsiciplined Christian. He participated actively in the prayers and fasting that the church was praying to avert any evil before he travelled….

“We had premonitions about the accident and prayed fervently. We didnt know who it was but God, the Almighty knows better,” Achudume stated.

While there had been a floodgate of tributes for the late Prof Lai Oso, Apostle Achudume described him as a personal friend and brother whom he would miss sorely.

”We have been together since 1994. We were living together as neighbours. He was a core Marxist. He would bring his wife to church on Sunday and go back home to sleep. He found my own type of Pastor different from Pastors he had seen and heard about before and that attracted him to Jesus. With time, he started asking thought-provoking questions, which led to his being born again. He went through all the trainings and discipleship before he became a Pastor in our Sagamu Branch. He was a fantastic Pastor”

According to him: ”He was in the midst of fasting and pratyer before traveling to Abraka. He could not get a flight, and to avoid being stranded in Delta, he entered a public bus, which led to his death.

”The church will miss him tremendously. Humanity will miss him. He was one of those who gave me advice on physical and social issues that have to do with the church. He was one of the Advisory Council Members, and they have been marvelous. Unfortunately, himself and Prof. Peter Okuneye have left. The vacuum that has been created is great, and the pain in my heart is unimaginable. It is a great loss to us. However, we take solace in the fact that God knows better what He has done”.

Until his death, Prof. Oso was a lecturer at the Lagos state University and the President, Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria.

(VALIDVIEW NETWORK/PODIUM MEDIA)