RE: EMMANUEL OLADIPUPO BADA: A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE, TESTIMONY OF GLORY.
Every religious organization require active involvement of members to acquire positive results in terms of human development and administrative growth, Celestial Church of Christ history will not be completed without mentioning the name of Late Rev. Pastor Alexander Abiodun Bada.
Being the first shepherd at CCC Makoko Parish, Lagos State, Baba Bada needed to draw a framework to analysis the extension of the Church to another location within and outside the State, one of the primary focus about the evolution of the newly established church was Evangelism.
The implementation of the Evangelism theory of the gospel of God to villages outside Makoko was launched with other few members around him, Baba Bada including his wife always embarked on the Evangelization journey to long distance which sometimes take them up to 7 days before returning to CCC Makoko Parish. During those periods, Baba Bada gave birth to Emmanuel Oladipupo Bada who eventually became a Barrister of Law, A Trumpeter, A testimony of Glory to his family and associates.
After the birth of Emmanuel Bada, his father (Baba Bada) still continue to project the mandate of God to humanity and to unbelievers on the need to accept Jesus Christ as their savior. However, an ugly situation occurred during one of the Evangelism journey where little boy Emmanuel Bada was exposed to malaria and other infestation, that eventually affected his legs till today because there was no access to primary health center in those villages to attend to Emmanuel Oladipupo Bada.
Emmanuel Bada became a victim of circumstance base on his father’s conviction of God’s works and growth of Celestial Church of Christ; but his parents never allowed the negative situation to weight them down, rather their focus on the assignment neither did they abandoned the baby.
Baba Bada decided to seek medical attention to address the health challenge confronting his son, he took him to National Orthopedic Hospital, Lagos State for proper diagnosis and medical advice. Dr Bain who was a consultant at the hospital advice that the boy would need to be operated. About 10 patients were shotlighted for general surgery; but it was only Prophet Emmanuel Bada that survived the medical exercise; when the operation was going on at the hospital, Bada Bada was at Makoko, when a Male Prophet approached him that he’s about to lose his son; the Prophet told Baba Bada to get a candle and head to the mecryland and pray concerning the baby. While the boy was confirmed dead at the National Orthopedic Hospital, during the short interval; the boy saw himself going to a white building with bright light, he was approaching the building, suddenly a man appeared to the boy with a wood asking the boy to go back. while in reality Emmanuel Bada was kept aside for the mortuary attendant for pickup, immediately Emmanuel Bada regained his consciousness and the doctors quickly picked him up to continue the surgery.
After a successful operation, Baba Bada and his wife decided to send Emmanuel Bada to school to start his educational journey. He attended a private boarding school at Ibadan “Children Home School, Molete, Ibadan”, owned by late Chief Mrs Ogunlesi the mother of Late Snr. Evang Ogunlesi the first secretary of the BOT.
Prophet Emmanuel Bada had the privileged to meet with the Chief Obafemi Awolowo who always visit their school during Founder’s Day. Emmanuel Bada won his first scholarship from his primary school before he returned to Lagos for his secondary school at Igbobi College, Lagos. He also went to Lagos Basic Study’s.
However, Baba Bada being an organist, a multi talented instrumentalist influenced the rudiment of music to Emmanuel Bada and other children at CCC Makoko Parish. He (Baba Bada) taught him how to play the trumpet, base on his sharp tone of the horn line, the Late Baba Adetiran personally requested that Baba Bada release Emmanuel Bada to him because he wants him to study Music at the Polytechnic of Ibadan.
Baba Bada granted the request of Baba Adetiran, while he handed over his son to the first music director of the Church; Emmanuel Bada was admitted to the department of Music as he graduated with an OND degree (1989).
The love of music accomplished the instinct of Prophet Emmanuel Bada to release a musical album in 1990 titled “Golden Mother” which was launched at CCC Tejusoho Cathedral Lagos on Saturday 21th of April 1990. During the launching of his musical album, his father (The Pastor) Rev A.A Bada publicly told Emmanuel Bada that “he saw something else ahead of him, that he needed to go back to school to further his education”.
Agreeing with his father’s prophetic declaration, Emmanuel Bada went back to study law at Ogun State University, Ogun State and he was called to the Nigeria Bar in year 2001. He built his legal knowledge with Prof Osibanjo; Emmanuel Bada is a Barrister and one of legal representative of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.
Prophet Emmanuel Oladipupo Bada is happily married to Mrs. Dupe Bada with lovely children.
Congratulations on your Birthday Day. Prophet Emmanuel Oladipupo Bada omo Pastor Alexander Abiodun Bada.
