The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, has expressed gratitude to God for sparing his life after surviving both a kidnapping and an assassination attempt over the years.
Amaewhule shared his experience during his 52nd birthday thanksgiving service at the All Saints Anglican Church, Eliozu, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
“I am not just marking another birthday but acknowledging that many people had planned to take his life in the last one year, but God didn’t allow them,” he said.
Reflecting on a traumatic event in 2008, he revealed that he narrowly escaped death during a kidnapping incident.
Amaewhule explained that he was abducted by armed men at his home after returning from a Sunday service.
“Some of you were here in 2008 when a preacher was preaching right here on a Sunday service, on that faithful day, I didn’t know the people who came to kidnap me were also in the service,” he said.
“After service, they tactically followed me to my residence, tied up my security guard, and abducted me and took me to a forest where they held me hostage for five days.
“They placed thorns under my feet and inflicted several injuries on my head and body in the process of moving me from one hideout to another within the forest.
“They fed me with biscuits throughout the period even as I almost bled to death.”
The Speaker, however, thanked God for countless blessings, guidance, and protection throughout his life.
“When God does things for you, it is important to appreciate him for more.”
