SOME ILLUMINATING THOUGHTS OF AKINTUNDE ESAN ON LAW AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING

FIFTY-SIX SERVICES YOU NEED A LAWYER FOR IN NIGERIA

Globally, legal practice is a service industry and as a legal services provider for more than a decade in Nigeria, I discovered from my versatile practice experience that, entrepreneurs, individuals, companies, and organisations in Nigeria will need the services of a Lawyer one time or the other in their lifetimes for at least one of the fifty-six (56) services listed below:

1. Redress for breach of contracts, agreements, deeds, debentures, mortgages, powers of attorney, and memorandum of understanding.
2. Recovery of outstanding loans from debtors.
3. Recovery of debts for services provided and goods supplied.
4. Recovery of property from trespassers.
5. Redress for infringement of copyright, trademark and patent.
6. Redress for infringement of constitutional, statutory, customary and  contractual rights.
7. Enforcement of constitutional, statutory, customary and contractual rights.
8. Redress for defamation of character or products or services.
9. Claim for compensation for personal injuries, damage to property and monetary loss and loss of property.
10. Suit for judicial declaration or affirmation of legal rights.
11. Suit for judicial interpretation of legal documents,agreements, deeds, Wills.
12. Suit to nullify a Will.
13. Suit to nullify an appointment.
14. Suit  for divorce.
15. Suit for payment of entitlement.
16. Suit for reinstatement.
17. Suit for nullification of report of Panel of Enquiry.
18. Suit to compel the performance of a statutory or contractual or customary duty.
19. Suit for interlocutory and perpetual injunction to restrain the infringement of constitutional,statutory, customary and contractual rights.
20. Landlord and Tenant related legal issues and disputes.
21. Legal and Regulatory Compliance for Companies.
22. Registration with Government Agencies e.g. NAFDAC, NOTAP, etc.
23. Business or Company restructuring.
24. Incorporation and registration of various business undertakings and entities.
25. Application and procurement of permits, licenses and approvals required for doing  business in Nigeria.
26. Filing of returns at the Corporate Affairs Commission.
27. Trade mark and patent registration.
28. Due diligence and intelligence report on properties, companies and individuals.
29. Taking of minutes of corporate meetings, drafting of resolutions, notice and agenda of meetings.
30. Negotiating and drafting of contract agreements and legal documents covering commercial transactions.
31. Reviewing of agreements, legal, contractual, land and security documents.
32. Legal Risk Consulting.
33. Legal Risk Auditing.
34. Personal or corporate Legal Adviser.
35. Perfection of legal, contractual, land and security documents.
36. Transaction Counsel.
37. Equity Investment.
38. Debt Financing.
39. Winding Up of Companies.
40. Receivership.
41. Project Financing.
42. Capital Market Transactions.
43. Mergers and Acquisitions.
44. Multi-Party Commercial Transactions.
45. Joint Venture Projects.
46. Oil and Gas Transactions.
47. Maritime Transactions.
48. Aviation related disputes.
49. Banking related disputes.
50. Insurance Claims.
51. Acquisition and disposal of properties.
52. Recovery of premises & property management.
53. Land Documentation.
54. Drafting and review of Will.
55. Application for letter of administration and probate.
56. Tax related disputes

Please take note that, the services you may need a Lawyer for are not limited to the services listed above.

© Akintunde Esan

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Akintunde Esan, Managing Partner, Ase Olodumare Chambers, a Lagos based Law Firm engaged in the provisions of general legal services to domestic and international clients in different areas of law.

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CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE

CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE

By Akintunde Esan - 10:40, 08 Sep, 2014

Man was born with nothing in his hands, but he has been empowered at creation with the creative intelligence to take care of his needs.

It is creative intelligence that has been propelling man to develop unlike the animals. Every progress man has made was born out of the need to meet his needs. In meeting his needs man started from nothing to the raw then to the refined followed by improvements.

Man is like every other animals but made not to live like animals. This is why man is imbued with creative intelligence. This is the only difference between man and animals, after all animals too have the five senses with some of them superior to human senses.

Man has a profound creative intelligence which no animal possesses; this is why man has developed from living on trees and in caves over the years to living in sophisticated apartments by virtue of his creative intelligence.Animals are daily looking for food and shelter because they are always consuming and not creating. Be conscious of your creative intelligence and put it to use or else you will live like the animals are living.

Man is configured  with the capacity to be the lord of the earth and the world by studying it, learning from it and developing it according to his level of personal development and revelation and as he develops the world so will he enjoy it from one generation to another.

It is the sacrosanct duty of man to leave the world better than he met it, whether socially or morally or materially. If he fails to develop it, those coming after him and his off-springs will suffer for it.

In developing the world he will live though he dies, by developing his environment and the people he will be immortalized by the legacies of the development he leaves behind.

Human development dictates and determines the development of the world. The people who have developed the world have made it a better place for all to live in and have done so in diverse areas of life such as: 

*Transportation 

*Health

*Shelter 

*Agriculture

*Trade 

*Law 

*Politics 

*Philosophy 

*Technology 

*Education

Everyone is at a level in the stage of human evolution. You have to discover your role in human development and play your natural role. The eye can never play the role of the nose and vice versa, because it was not made to be that way. You need to know and understand the way you are made to function in life. Be yourself don’t try to be another person.

Akintunde Esan

INSPIRATION FROM AFRICA'S RICHEST WOMAN

"You do not have to have a University education to be able to make it so count yourselves privileged to have that education as part of the feather in your cap" was the conclusion of Nigerian billionaire and Africa's richest woman in her address to students at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for the 2014 United Nations International Youth Day in Lagos.

“I come from Ikorodu, Lagos state. I am married to a dashing young lawyer of 70 years of age. And we have four grown up gentlemen and grandchildren. But it has not been a rag to riches fairytale.It has not been an overnight phenomenon like in some cases, which you find here and there all over the world.

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted my own business. Hardwork, I am trying to tell you how I got to where I am, if you want those millions.Hardwork, diligence, persistence, days when you nearly gave up but I never gave up. It would have been easy to compromise but I chose not to and I stayed focus.

I could have stayed a secretary as my father desired according to his plan for me but I had bigger aspirations. I dreamt big.God strengthened me and gave me wisdom. I had a passion and burning desire to succeed. Being a secretary, a banker, a fashion icon, a corporate promoter and printer, a real estate owner, an oil magnate, that I can assure you was no easy feat.

Firm belief, that what is worth doing is what doing well or not doing at all. I took charge of my life with the tools I have shared with you.

I chose to become born again at the age of 40. I chose to make a covenant with God that if he would bless me, I would work for him all the days of my life.I chose to hold on to the cross and look up to him every step of the way.

Today additional accomplishment includes a wife of almost 40 years, a mother, grandmother, ministry, counseling, outreach, NGO Rose of Sharon Foundation for widows and Author, writer, author of several inspirational books.

All I say to the glory of God. So I am 63 and I am not yet done. So what is your excuse? I never went to a University and I am proud to say so because I don’t think I have done too badly. You do not have to have a University education to be able to make it so count yourselves privileged to have that education as part of the feather in your cap”

THE LIFE, CALLING AND MINISTRY OF APOSTLE JOSEPH AYODELE BABALOLA

The faith of our fathers before us we will not forsake, we may forsake denominations, we may forsake doctrines, but their faith that fears nothing, we will remain true, their faith that fears no one but the Creator- who can destroy not just the body but also the spirit we will live.

Their unshakable faith in the divine assurance that,"God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose"will continue to inspire us, this is why I can sing the song of faith that:

Faith of our fathers, living still,

In spite of dungeon, fire and sword;

O how our hearts beat high with joy

Whene'er we hear thy wondrous voice!

Refrain

Faith of our fathers, holy faith!

We will be true to thee till death.

Faith of our fathers, we will strive

To win all nations unto Thee;

And through the truth that comes from God,

We all shall then be truly free.

Refrain

Faith of our fathers, we will love

Both friend and foe in all our strife;

And preach Thee, too, as love knows how

By kindly words and virtuous life.

Refrain

One of such our fathers is Joseph Ayo Babalola, who was raised by God to raze the works of the  kingdom  of darkness in his generation and generations yet unborn.

Joseph Ayodele Babalola was born on April 25, 1904 to David Rotimi and Madam Marta Talabi who belonged to the Anglican Church. The family lived at Odo-Owa in Ilofa, a small town about ninety kilometres from Ilorin in Kwara State, Nigeria.

His father was the Baba Ijo ("church father") of the C.M.S.Church at Odo-Owa. Pastor Medayese wrote in his book Itan Igbe dide Woli Ayo Babalola that mysterious circumstances surrounded the birth of Babalola. On that day, it was believed that a strange and mighty object exploded and shook the clouds.

On January 18, 1914, young Babalola was taken by his brother M. 0. Rotimi,a Sunday school teacher in the C.M.S. church at Ilofa, to Osogbo. Babalola started school at Ilofa and got as far as standard five at All Saints' School Osogbo.

However, he quit school when he decided to learn a trade and became a motor mechanic apprentice. Again, he did not continue long in this vocation before joining the Public Works Department (PWD). He was among the road workers who constructed the road from Igbara-Oke to Ilesa, working as a steam roller driver.

BABALOLA'S CALL TO MINISTRY

Just like the Old Testament prophets, Babalola was called by God into the prophetic office to stand before men. His was a specific and personal call. Babalola's strange experience started on the night of September 25th, 1928 when he suddenly became restless and could not sleep. This went on for a week and he had no inkling of the cause of such a strange experience.

The climax came one day when he was, as usual, working on the Ilesa-Igbara-Oke road. Suddenly the steam roller's engine stopped to his utter amazement. There was no visible mechanical problem, and Joseph became confused and perplexed. He was in this state of confusion when a great voice "like the sound of many waters" called him three times. The voice was loud and clear and it told him that he would die if he refused to heed the divine call to go into the world and preach. Babalola did not want to listen to this voice and he responded like many of the Biblical prophets, who, when they were called out by Yahweh as prophets, did not normally yield to the first call. Men like Moses and Jeremiah submitted to God only when it became inevitable. So, Babalola gave in only after he had received the assurance of divine guidance.

To go on the mission, he had to resign his appointment with the Public Works Department. Mr. Fergusson, the head of his unit, tried to dissuade him from resigning but the young man was bent on going on the Lord's mission.

The same voice came to Joseph a second time asking him to fast for seven days. He obeyed and at the end of the period he saw a great figure of a man who, according to Pastor Alokan, resembled Jesus. The man in a dazzling robe spoke at length about the mission he was to embark upon. The man also told him of the persecutions he would face and at the same time assured him of God's protection and victory. A hand prayer bell was given to Babalola as a symbol. He was told that the sound of the bell would always drive away evil spirits. He was also given a bottle of "life-giving water" to heal all manners of sickness.

Consequently, wherever and whenever he prayed into the water for therapeutic purposes, effective healing was procured for those who drank the water. Thus, Babalola became a prophet and a man with extraordinary powers. Enabled by the power of the Holy Spirit he could spend several weeks in prayer. Elder Abraham Owoyemi of Odo-Owa, said that the prophet regularly saw angels who delivered divine messages to him. An angel appeared in one of his prayers and forbade him to wear caps.

THE ITINERARY OF PROPHET BABALOLA

During one of his prayer sessions, an angel appeared to him and gave him a big yam, which he ordered him to eat. The angel told him that the yam was the tuber with which God fed the whole world. He further revealed that God had granted unto him the power to deliver those who were possessed of evil spirits in the world. He was directed to go first to Odo-Owa and start preaching. He was to arrive in the town on a market day, cover his body with palm fronds, and disfigure himself with charcoal paints.

In October 1928, he entered the town in the manner described and was taken for a mad man.Babalola immediately started preaching and prophesying. He told the inhabitants of Odo-Owa about an impending danger if they did not repent. He was arrested and taken to the district officer at Ilorin for allegedly disturbing the peace. The district officer later released him when the allegations could not be proven. However, it was said that a few days later, there was an outbreak of smallpox in the town. The man whose prophecies and messages were once rejected was quickly sought for. He went around praying for the victims and they were all healed.

Pa David Rotimi, Babalola's father, had been instrumental in the establishment of a C.M.S.Church in Odo-Owa. Babalola organized regular prayer meetings in this church, which many people attended because of the miracles God performed through him. Among the regulars was Isaiah Oluyemi who later saw the wrath of Bishop Smith of Ilorin diocese. Information had reached the bishop that almost all members of the C.M.S.Church in Ilofa were seeing visions, speaking in tongues and praying vigorously. Babalola and the visionaries were allegedly ordered by Bishop Smith to leave the church. But Babalola did not leave the town until June 1930.

On an invitation from Daniel Ajibola, Babalola went to Lagos. Elder Daniel Ajibola at that time was working in Ibadan where he was a member of the Faith Tabernacle Congregation. He introduced Prophet Babalola to Pastor D. O. Odubanjo, one of the leaders of the Faith Tabernacle in Lagos. Senior Pastor Esinsinade who was then the president of the Faith Tabernacle was invited to see Babalola. After listening to the details of his call and his ministry, the Faith Tabernacle leaders warmly received the young prophet into their midst.

Babalola had not yet been baptized by immersion and Senior Pastor Esinsinade emphasized that he needed to go through that rite. Pastor Esinsinade then baptized him in the lagoon at the back of the Faith Tabernacle Church building at 51, Moloney Bridge Street, Lagos. Babalola returned to Odo-Owa a few days after that and Elder (later Pastor) J. A. Medayese, paid him a visit.

The news of the conversion of the new prophet reached Pastor K. P. Titus at Araromi in Yagba, present KwaraState. Pastor Titus was a teacher and preacher at the Sudan Interior Mission which was then thriving at Yagba. He invited Prophet Babalola for a revival service. Joseph AyodeleBabalola while in Yagba, performed mighty works of healing. Many Muslims and Christians from other denominations and some traditional religionists were converted to the new faith during the revival.

The fact that Babalola did not use the opportunity to establish a separate Christian organization despite his marvellous evangelical success must be puzzling to historians, but his intention was not to start a new church. He declared to his followers that he had registered his membership with the Faith Tabernacle, the society that had him baptized in Lagos. He thus persuaded them to become members of the Faith Tabernacle. To facilitate this, he went to Lagos to confer with the leaders, especially as he was not yet well acquainted with the doctrines, tenets, and administration of the church.

OKE-OYE MIGHTY REVIVAL

There was a controversy among the leaders of the Faith Tabernacle in Nigeria over some doctrines. In the midst of it were, in particular, the Ilesa and Oyan branches of the tabernacle. The Oyan branch was under the supervision of Pastor J. A. Babatope, a notable Anglican teacher, before his conversion and later, one of the outstanding leaders of the Faith Tabernacle in Nigeria. Issues like the use of western and traditional drugs versus divine healing, polygamy and whether polygamous husbands should be allowed to partake of the Lord's Supper were among those doctrines that needed to be agreed on.

These issues had caused dissension at the IIesa Tabernacle and in order to avoid a split, a delegation of peacemakers made up of all leading Faith Tabernacle pastors, was sent to Ilesa. It was headed by Pastor J. B. Esinsinade of Ijebu-Ode, president of the General Headquarters of the movement and D. O. Odubanjo of the Lagos Missionary Headquarters. The Ilesa meeting was scheduled for the 9th and l0th of July, 1930. The Apostolic Council of Jerusalem in A.D. 48, and other important church councils, are precedents in seeking ecclesiastical direction on matters affecting the life and peace of the church. 

Before the delegation left Lagos for Ilesa, Babalola had been invited to meet the leaders at Pastor I. B. Akinyele's residence at Ibadan. From there I. B. Akinyele and Babalola joined the delegation to Ilesa. At Ilesa, he was introduced to the whole conference and was lodged in a separate room because of his prophetic mission. The representatives began their meeting and on the agenda were twenty-four items. The first was the validity of baptism administered to a man with many wives. The second was the issue of divine healing because some of the members believed in the use of drugs like quinine to cure malaria fever. They were only able to discuss the first item when there was a sudden interruption which Pastor Adegboyega described thus: "The conciliatory talks at Ilesa were going on, when suddenly a mighty sweeping revival broke out at Faith Tabernacle Congregation Church at Oke-Oye, Ilesa". The revival began with the raising by Babalola of a dead child. The mother of the dead child who was restored to life went about spreading the news around the town of Ilesa proclaiming that a miracle working prophet had come to the town of Oke-Oye.

This attracted a large number of people to Oke-Oye to see the prophet. According to Pastor Medayese, many of those afflicted with various diseases who came to Oke-Oye were healed. Many mighty works were performed through the use of the prayer bell and the drinking of consecrated water from a stream called Omi Ayo ("Stream of Joy").

The result was that thousands of people including traditional religionists, Muslims and Christians from various other denominations were converted to the Faith Tabernacle. As there was no space in the church hall, revival meetings were shifted to an open field where men and women from all walks of life, from every part of the country and from neighbouring countries assembled daily for healing, deliverances and blessings. Odubanjo testified that within three weeks Babalola had cured about one hundred lepers, sixty blind people and fifty lame persons.

He further claimed that both the Anglican and Wesleyan Churches in Ilesa were left desolate because their members transferred their allegiance to the revivalist and that all the patients in Wesley Hospital, Ilesa, abandoned their beds to seek healing from Babalola. Also, Many of the schools belonging to the Wesleyan and Anglican Churches, as well as to the Baptists and the Roman Catholics, closed down altogether, and there has not been sufficient money again to pay their teachers due to the fact that the majority of their members left to join us".

The assistant district officer in Ilesa in 1930 wrote that he visited the scene of the revival incognito and found a crowd of hundreds of people including a large contingent of the lame and blind and concluded that the whole affair was orderly. Members of the church made fantastic claims such as: "Hopeless barren women were made fruitful; women who had been carrying their pregnancies for long years were wonderfully delivered. The dumb spoke and lunatics were cured. In fact, it was another day of Pentecost. Witches confessed and some demon possessed people were exorcized. But the general superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society of Nigeria at the time has described the reports as "grotesquely inaccurate accounts of the operations of Babalola." This of course could be the biased view of a man whose church was said to be the greatest victim of the Ilesa revival.

A revelation was later given to Ayo Babalola to burn down a big tree in front of the Owa's Palace. The big tree believed traditionally to be the rendezvous of witches and wizards. The juju tree was therefore greatly feared and sacrifices were usually made to the spirits believed to reside in it. There was apprehension that this bold act would result in the instantaneous death of Babalola since it was expected to arouse the anger of the gods. But to the great amazement of the people, the prophet did not die but rather continued to wax stronger in the Lord's work. That single event was said to have made even the Owa of Ilesa and important people in the town to fear and respect the prophet.

The tidal wave of Babalola's revival spread from Ilesa to Ibadan, Ijebu, Lagos, Efon-Alaaye, Aramoko Ekiti and Abeokuta. No greater revival preceded that of Babalola. It was popularly held in Christ Apostolic Church (C.A.C.) circles that at one revival meeting, attendance rose to about forty thousand. Among the men of faith who came as disciples to Babalola were Daniel Orekoya, Peter Olatunji who came from Okeho, and Omotunde, popularly known as Aladura Omotunde, from Aramoko Ekiti. These men drew great inspiration from Babalola. Orekoya went on to reside inIbadan where a great revival also broke out at Oke-Bola through him. It was during his Oke-Bola revival that Orekoya reportedly raised a dead pregnant woman.

After the great revival of Oke-Oye, the prophet was directed by the Holy Spirit to go out on further missionary journeys, but even before this, people from other parts of the country had been spreading the glad tidings of Oke-Oye, Ilesa's great revival, to other parts of the country. Accompanied by some followers, Joseph Babalola went to Offa, in present Kwara State. Characteristically, people turned out to hear his preaching and see miracles. The Muslims in Offa became jealous and for that reason incited the members of the community against him. To avoid bloodshed he was compelled to leave.

He next stopped in Usi in Ekitiland for his evangelical mission and he performed many works of healing. From Usi he and his men moved to Efon-Alaaye, also in Ekitiland, where they received a warm reception from the Oba Alaaye of Efon. An entire building was provided for their comfort. Babalola requested an open space for prayer from the Oba who willingly and cheerfully gave him the privilege to choose a site. Consequently, the prophet and his men chose a large area at the outskirts of town. Traditionally the place was a forbidden forest because of the evil spirits that were believed to inhabit it. The Oba tried to dissuade Babalola and his men from entering the forbidden forest, but Babalola insisted on establishing his prayer ground there. The missionaries entered the bush, cleared it and consecrated it as a prayer ground. When no harm came upon them, the inhabitants of Efon were inspired to accept the new faith in large numbers.

Babalola's evangelistic success in Efon-Alaaye was a remarkable one. Archdeacon H. Dallimore from Ado-Ekiti and some white pastors from Ogbomoso Baptist Seminary were believed to have come to see for themselves the "wonder-working prophet" at Efon. Both Dallimure and the Baptist pastors reportedly asked some men from St. Andrew's College, Oyo and Baptist Seminary, Ogbomoso to assist in the work.

The success of the revival was accelerated by the conversion of both the Oba of Efon and the Oba of Aramoko. They were both baptized with the names, Solomon Aladejare Agunsoye and Hezekiah Adeoye respectively. After this event, news of the revival at Efon spread to other parts of Ekitiland.

The missionaries also visited other towns in the present Ondo State. Among them were Owo, Ikare and Oka. Babalola retreated to his home town in Odo-Owa to fortify himself spiritually. While he was at Odo-Owa, a warrant for his arrest was issued from Ilorin. He was arrested for preaching against witches, a practice which had caused some trouble in Otuo in present Bendel State. He was sentenced to jail for six months in Benin City in March 1932. After serving the jail term, he went back to Efon Alaaye.

One Mr. Cyprian E. Ufon came from Creek Town in Calabar to entreat Babalola to "come over to Macedonia and help." Ufon had heard about Babalola and his works and wanted him to preach in Creek Town. After seeking God's direction, the prophet followed Ufon to CreekTown. His campaign there was very successful. From Creek Town, Babalola visited Duketown and a plantation where a national church existed at the time. Certain members of this church received the gift of the Holy Spirit as Babalola was preaching to them and were baptized. When the prophet returned from the Calabar area, he settled down for a while. In 1935 he married Dorcas.

The following year Babalola, accompanied by Evangelist Timothy Bababusuyi, went to the Gold Coast. On arrival at Accra, he was recognized by some people who had seen him at the Great Revival in Ilesa. After a successful campaign in the Gold Coast he returned to Nigeria.

THE BIRTH OF THE CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH (CAC) IN NIGERIA

The spectacular evangelism by Prophet Joseph Ayo Babalola brought with it a wave of persecution to all who rushed into the new faith. The mission churches allegedly became jealous and hostile especially as their members constituted the main converts of the Faith Tabernacle. It was widely rumoured that the revival movement was a lawless and unruly organization. The Nigerian government was put on the alert about the activities of the movement. At this time, the leading members of the movement were advised to invite the American Faith Tabernacle leaders to come to their rescue.

The leaders from America, however, refused to come as such a venture was said to be against their principles. As a matter of fact, the association between the Philadelphia group and the Faith Tabernacle of Nigeria was terminated following the marital problems of the leader of the American group, Pastor Clark. The Nigerian group then went into fellowship with the Faith and Truth Temple of Toronto which sent a party of seven missionaries to West Africa. Again, the fellowship was stopped when Mr. C. R. Myers, the only surviving missionary, sent his wife to the hospital where she died in childbirth.

Despite these disappointing relationships with foreign groups, the Nigerian Faith Tabernacle still considered it prestigious to seek affiliation with a foreign body. The rationale for this can be found in D. O Odubanjo's letter to Pastor D. P. Williams of the Apostolic Church of Great Britain of March 1931. In the letter Odubanjo claimed: "The officers of the government here fear the European missionaries, and dare not trouble their native converts, but often, we brethren here have been ill-treated by government officers".

This was followed by a formal request for missionaries to be sent to strengthen the position of the Nigerian Faith Tabernacle. Missionaries did come and, on their advice, the Nigerian Faith Tabernacle was ceded to the British Apostolic Church. Consequently, the name changed from Faith Tabernacle to the Apostolic Church.

Doctrinal differences between the two groups soon began to appear in forms similar to the ones that caused the termination of the association with the American groups. The subject of divine healing, was one of the most important issues. Some of the invited white missionaries from Britain were found using quinine and other tablets and this caused a serious controversy among the leading members. It was unfortunate that the controversy could not be resolved and the movement subsequently split. One faction of the church made Oke-Oye its base and retained the name the Apostolic Church. The other larger faction and in which Prophet Joseph Babalola was a leader eventually became the Christ Apostolic Church.

Babalola was a spiritually gifted individual who was genuinely dissatisfied with the increasing materialistic and sinful existence into which he believed, the Yoruba in particular and Nigeria in general were being plunged as western civilization influence on society grew. The C.A.C believes that the spiritiual power bestowed on Babalola placed him on an equal level with Biblical apostles like Peter, Paul and others who were sent out with the authority and in the name of Jesus.

Joseph Ayo Babalola slept in the Lord in 1959

The above narration of the life of Joseph Ayo Babalola was sourced from the CAC website. 

SPIRITUAL CODES

These  spiritual codes are selected codes of the name of

 the most high God to be decoded with the illumination of the Holy Spirit and sealed with the covenant name of the Messiah.

 They are spiritual convictions and declarations of one initiated in the mysteries of the Kingdom of the eternal light (God) and not for one initiated in the powers of human destruction (darkness).

"I cannot" is a spiritual conviction and "I shall not" is a spiritual declaration. They are in the spirit of the convictions and declarations of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

 Indeed! “thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen”

1. JEHOVAH NISSI is my banner so I cannot and shall not be defeated by my adversaries and the adversities of life.
2. JEHOVAH ELOHIM is my creator so I cannot and shall not be destroyed by the destroyers.
3. ADONAI JEHOVAH is my master so I am a master of the elements of life and of the universe.
4. JEHOVAH JIREH is my provider so I cannot and shall not lack the goodness of God in the land of the living.
5. JEHOVAH RAPHEKA is my healer so sicknesses cannot and shall not rule over my spirit, soul and body.
6. JEHOVAH SHALOM is my peace so I shall live in peace and not in pains.
7. JEHOVAH TSIDKEENU is my righteousness so I cannot and shall not be condemned.
8. JEHOVAH MEKADDISHKEM is my sanctifier so I am set apart for the glory of the most high God.
9. JEHOVAH SABAOTH is my avenger so my battle is the LORD’S.
10. JEHOVAH SHAMMAH is my guardian so I cannot and shall not be afraid.
11. JEHOVAH ELYON is my God so I am above all principalities and powers.
12. JEHOVAH ROHI is my shepherd I shall not stray from the part of the kingdom of God.  
13. JEHOVAH EL-SHADDAI is my sufficiency surely divine goodness and mercy  shall follow me all the days of my life. 

SOME WORDS OF INSPIRATION OF NELSON MANDELA

The light of Nelson Mandela will forever shine in the darkness of the world as an eternal universal example and model of true leadership and what greatness is. Goodbye Mandela ! Goodbye Madiba !!.

In honour of the great leader, I have put together some of his words celebrated to be inspiring below:

ON FACING DIFFICULTIES:

"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end."

From a letter to wife, Winnie Mandela, from Robben Island, February 1975

ON PERSECUTION FOR STANDING FOR FREEDOM

 “If I had my time over I would do the same again, so would any man who dares call himself a man.”

After being convicted to five years hard labor, November 1962

"I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience.”

Statement during trial, 1962

“I can only say that I felt morally obliged to do what I did.”

 At the opening of his trial, April 20, 1964

ON HUMAN HAPPINESS:

“Social equality is the only basis of human happiness.”  

A letter written on August 1, 1970

ON HUMAN DIFFERENCES:

 “I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs.”

From his unpublished autobiographical manuscript, 1975)

“We are fighting for a society where people will cease thinking in terms of colour.”

March 8, 1993

ON SELF CONTROL:

"Great anger and violence can never build a nation. We are striving to proceed in a manner and towards a result, which will ensure that all our people, both black and white, emerge as victors.”

Speech to European Parliament, 1990

“It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”  

South Africa, July 14, 2000

ON DEMOCRACY:

“Without democracy there cannot be peace.”

South Africa, May 9, 1992

ON DEATH:

 “When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.”  

Interview for Mandela, 1994

ON PEACE MAKING:

"Reconciliation means working together to correct the legacy of past injustice.”

December 16, 1995

"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."

From Long Walk to Freedom, 1995

ON FREEDOM:

"I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended."

From Long Walk to Freedom, 1995

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

From Long Walk to Freedom, 1995

“Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.”

Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, April 25, 1998

"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another…"

Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address, Pretoria 9 May 1994.

"Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual. We must construct that people-centred society of freedom in such a manner that it guarantees the political liberties and the human rights of all our citizens."

Nelson Mandela, speech at the opening of the South African parliament, Cape Town 25 May 1994.

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find ways in which you yourself have altered."

Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk To Freedom, 1994.

ON DOING GOOD:

"Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished."

From Long Walk to Freedom, 1995

ON DETERMINATION:

 "It always seems impossible until it's done."

“When people are determined they can overcome anything.”

Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 14, 2006

ON FRIENDSHIP:

"I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles."

ON LEADERSHIP:

 "Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people."

"Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front."

ON CONCERN FOR OTHERS:

 "A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of."

ON DEDICATION:

 "Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do."

ON EDUCATION:

 "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

ON COURAGE:

 "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

ON RESENTMENT:

"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."

ON SUCCESS:

"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."

ON RACISM:

 "I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days."

"We are not anti-white, we are against white supremacy … we have condemned racialism no matter by whom it is professed."

Nelson Mandela, defence statement during his Treason Trial, 1961.

"If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly…The arbitrary and meaningless tests to decide black form Coloured or Coloured from white often resulted in tragic cases…Where one was allowed to live and work could rest on such absurd distinctions as the curl of one's hair or the size of one's lips."

Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom, 1994.

ON HAVING A GOOD HEAD AND A GOOD HEART:

 "A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."

. ON RELATIONSHIP OF GOVERNMENT WITH ITS CITIZENS:

“It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”

ON NATION BUILDING:

"We enter into a covenant that we shall build a society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without and fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity – a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world."

Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address, Pretoria 9 May 1994.

"Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual. We must construct that people-centred society of freedom in such a manner that it guarantees the political liberties and the human rights of all our citizens."

Nelson Mandela, speech at the opening of the South African parliament, Cape Town 25 May 1994.

ON HIS DESTINY:

"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realised. But my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

Defence statement during the Rivonia Trial, 1964. Also repeated during the closing of his speech delivered in Cape Town on the day he was released from prison 27 years later, on 11 February 1990.