Born on June 11th 1949, Pastor Joseph Adebayo Amusa Adelakun, popularly called Ayewa Music is a preacher, teacher, evangelist and gospel music artiste with a deep revelation of God's word. He was born into the Muslim family of Alhaji Salami and Mrs. Rafatu (now Sarah) Adelakun, and hails from Saki, Oke Ogun, in Oyo State, Nigeria.
Popularly known for his hit gospel song titled Amona tete ma bo (meaning, Come quickly, Saviour), he has built a fulfilling gospel music career and ministry with the help of God.
Growing up, Pastor J.A Adelakun was a lover of Christ from his youth. He developed great interest in music from his primary school days and spent most of his time playing drums especially at Baptist Church, Oke Ogun, in Saki.
He was brilliant as a young boy and popular in the school as a result of his running skill in sports and had won so many prizes for himself during the school Inter-House-Sports.
Despite series of challenges in his extended family, he proceeded to Ogunpa in Ibadan to study Electrical Engineering at Kareem Electrical Engineering Company with the help of his elder brother, Magistrate Bayo Adelakun. He later joined Nigerian Army in 1968, after his studies at the Electrical Company and was posted to Nigerian Army Barrack - Engineering Construction Regiment (ECR) based in Ede, (Old Oyo State) Osun State.
In 1975, his sport ability won him gold Medal in 800m race during Army Sport Week. He was gifted and had great interest for music and sports while in the Army. He was among the first eleven that played Army Engeering League Match in 1970.Pastor Ayewa formally called 'Amusa' met with Christ at Christ Apostolic Church in Ede in 1972 under the ministration of Prophet S.O. Akande (Baba Abiye). He since then dropped alcohol, cigarette and Indian hemp and became a born again Christian.
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Pastor Joseph Adelakun was later transferred in1976 to Kaduna where he became musically active at C.A.C. Kawo where he was a chorister and the chief music composer of the choir. His singing ability led him to gather five people with him to form a band popularly known as 'Ayewa International Gospel Singers today. The name of the band was derived from a song titled 'Akuku ye Wa' meaning 'It shall be well with us' which was rendered as special number in one of the glorious Sunday in C.A.C. Kawo.
He released seven album while in the army during his service as Orderly with Brigadier (D.O.) Ajayi (RTD General) his boss and mentor. He resigned in Nigerian Army at the Command Staff College Jaji, Zaria, Nigeria in 1982 to proceed his musical career.
He joined C.A.C Olaleye - Shomolu in Lagos and became one of the church member and chorister under the leadership of Evangelist D.K. Bankole. He launched one of his record album at C.A.C Olaleye in 1982 where his relationship with Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi (Obey Commander) started.
Pastor Ayewa released his first album titled 'Emi yio kokiki Re' in 1978 with help from Evangelist Bankole who sold his Vespa Motocycle for N200 to support the band in producing the album.
He remained in Christ Apostolic Church where he was ordained as pastor in 1989. He became Assistant General Superintendent (A.G.S.) in 1999 and today he is the planter of C.A.C Mercy Land District Head Quarters, situated at 1/3 Ayewa Street, Ishasi Road, Akute in Ogun State.
Pastor Adelakun has produced over 30 powerful albums to his credit till date. His ninth album titled 'Amona tete maa bo' was the record that brought him to limelight in 1984.
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He has since then taken the gospel to all part of the world through singing ministry and had received so many awards till date.. His musical album was formarly distributed by Ogo-Oluwa Kiitan Group led by Pa (Chief) Joseph Ola Afolabi (who took him to London for the first time) and now distributed by Ayewa Gospel Music Ministry International. Today, Pastor Ayewa has a recording studio situated at Akute in Ogun State and he is available every week for ministration. He love righteousness, holiness and truthfulness but hate falseness and lying.
He is haed to his heartthrob, Pastor Mrs. Clara O. Adelakun and they are blessed with children - Emmanuel, Josiah, Chianah, and Joseph all graduated from the University. His vision is to take the gospel to doorstep of people with the intention of wining their souls for Christ and helping less privileged with his God's given resources. He had sent so many people to school and also cater to orphans and widows.
Pastor JA Adelakun has His musical releases include:
Amona tete ma go (1984)
As a natural athlete, Joseph participated and won so many inter house sports competitions while in school including a gold Medal in an 800m race during Army Sports Week. He was one of the first eleven that played the Army Engineering League Match in 1970.
His career started when he joined the Christ Apostolic Church, Kaduna choir in 1972. Returning from the Army in 1982, Joseph established a musical group called the "Ayewa International Gospel Singers" which started with five people; Brother Mike Olorunponmi, now Pastor, Sister Elizabeth Sola Oludare now Evangelist Mrs. Olorunponmi, Brother Roland, the first Organist, Mrs. Ebajemito and Brother Abbey, now Pastor Abbey and with this band, released over 30 musical albums over the years. The name of the band was derived from the song, 'Akuku ye Wa' meaning 'It shall be well with us' which was one of their first songs ever performed.
In 1978, he released his debut album, "Emi yio kokiki Re". He remained at CAC, Kaduna and was eventually ordained pastor in 1989. His ninth album, 'Amona tete maa bo' which was released in 1994, brought him into the spotlight and he has since then taken the music and the message to all part of the world, sending children to school and catering for the poor.
He has a recording studio at Akute in Ogun State.
Pastor Joseph Adebayo Adelakun is happily married to his heartthrob, Mrs. Clara O. Adelakun and they are blessed with children - Emmanuel, Josiah, Christianah, and Joseph. Pastor Joseph Adelakun miraculously met his wife during a
visit to late Pastor Josiah who was in Ile Ife at the time. My wife also
went there to see one of her students who was a prophet and her
mother’s pastor. She was teaching in Gbogan, Osun State, at the time.
When we met, another pastor was around and he said aloud that she was my
wife. On the spot, I told him not to say such because we were about to
embark on a spiritual journey to the mountain. Ironically, we left that
location to another place and we met my wife there again to our
surprise. Then another prophet saw us and called me aside to tell me
that she was my wife. I went to pray about it and God told me she was my
wife. He further told me the kind of woman she was and my visions about
her turned out to be true.
Joseph Adebayo Adelakun Awards
Evergreen Award" at the Crystal Awards 2014
Pastor Joseph Adebayo Adelakun, popularly called Ayewa's birth was historic. It was one of the stories that showcased the supremacy and existence of God. His birth was dogged by the host of hell to ensure that he didn’t come to this world.
He is the second child and the first and the only son of his mother, Rafatu, who changed it to Sarah Adelakun. She was the 4th of the 5 wives of his father, Alhaji Salami Adelakun.
How do we describe his pregnancy that suddenly vanished after a poison was fed on his mun in her dream? When the pregnancy was about 4 months, the mother saw signs of miscarriage. She was immediately given some concoctions so that the premature baby would not die and action followed urgently to transfer the pregnant mother to a nearby town called Ago Are, for hiding. It was when the young Amusa became 4 years old that he was carried back to his home town. He was still being protected by drinking Islamic washed tracts on slate called “Hantu” and all manner of concoctions to prevent his death after he got back home,
Pastor Adelakun Ayewa experienced a delay before he gained admission into primary school. The school authorities insisted that his right hand must touch his left ear before he could be enrolled, despite that all his younger brothers had been given admission. They believed then that admission should not be based on age.
It was gathered that it took about 10 years before his mother could give birth to another child, who was named Awulatu Adelakun, now Rebecca Wheghenu- a pastor’s wife and was later followed by the last born who was named Modinatu Adelakun. Now Adepeju Adedokun.
As a little boy, Pastor Adelakun had some Christian friends who always came together and used various metal objects as drums. Anytime he came back from school, he could be sick if he had not played his improvised drums. His father always called him all manner of names such as lazy boy, because of his attitude. Sometimes, he would sneak to Oke Oro Baptist Church, Saki, to play the drums with his friends without the knowledge of his father who was a Muslim.
The struggle of life started for him when Ayewa’s father died in 1965. It led to hopelessness, frustrations and dislocations. His elder brother who was working then wished to help him and the family members, but being a salary earner, he could not do more than his income. Amusa, therefore, left his home town to struggle for survival.
After his primary education, he would have loved to proceed to Olivet High School in Oyo town, Oyo State, but there was no financial power to go. He also had the opportunity to attend and train at Oyo Trade Center, now known as the Technical College, still, there was no means of attending it. He, therefore, lost all the privileges to further his education. Hence, the struggle continued.
Ayewa, as a young man, thought that he could still do something else even when it appeared that all the openings for furthering his education had been blocked. He then joined Kareem Electrical Engineering Company at Ogunpa in Ibadan between 1966 and 1968 as an apprentice through the help of his elder brother, then Magistrate Bayo Adelakun, though his mother was not happy about his learning of the trade because whenever she heard “electricity,” being mentioned she was always afraid of the danger about it, not to talk of seeing her only son taking it up as a profession. But his older brother, Bayo Adelakun, assured Ayewa’s mother that there would not be any problem.
After the completion of his apprenticeship period, he still thought that it was not his bus-stop or the purpose of his coming to the world. He later pursued the development of his God-given talent that eventually made him who he is today.
My father was Alhaji Salami IsholaAdelakun. He was the leader of Action Group during his lifetime. My mother’s name was Rafatu Ashake Adelakun. My mother converted to Christianity before she died, she said we would serve the God who delivered me from smoking Indian hemp. She did before she died at the age of 101. My siblings and I were 16 in numbers, though some of them are late now. My father got married to 5 wives.
Pastor Adelakun grew up in Saki until he was 15 years old. At the time, he had just finished modern school, a preparatory school to go to high school. Although, he was the only son of his mother he had 3 other female siblings, we are 4 from my mother’s side. When my mother conceived me, she said she didn’t see blood or water, but the pregnancy just vanished. In our town, there was one house in a compound they called “Ile Bada”. My parents went there to meet with powerful Muslim marabouts when people encouraged them to go for a consultation, and obviously what happened to my mum was not normal. So they went there and the marabout told my parent to come in the middle of midnight. He told them that when coming, my father should wear only his Boxers, they called it Knickers then, and my mother should tie the only wrapper. When they got there, midnight, my mum was given washed-tract from slate, they gave to her to drink, and after she drank the concoction, the pregnancy mysteriously returned. I was born 70 years ago. My mother did not tell me all these at first, it was God who revealed the secret to me when I gave my life to Christ.
God told me I should go and meet my mother, enquire from her what happened to me when I was in her womb. My mother was flabbergasted when I asked her. She said, “who told you? Even your sister wasn’t aware till date, the secret is between your father and I”. I told her God revealed it to me. God also told me that some forces didn’t want me to come to life because they had seen the glory of God in me He was the one who hid me (the pregnancy) at the back of my mother, I have never heard of such. As if that was not enough; when they wanted to give me tribals marks, I was told that I fainted 5 times. I was told that whenever a mark was incised on my face, blood would gush out as if a cow had been slaughtered. That was why they invited a veteran, called Onikola, an old man, who had even retired a long time ago.
He was the one they later summoned to help. They were told that, with the way they put the mark, if care was not taken it will become abnormal, swell up and disfigure my face for life. I was told that the man was so surprised at the way and manner they did it and yet nothing happened to me. So, enemies planned to kill me through that exercise too but God rescued me, I escaped it. I was also fed with vegetable and beans in my dream, even if I belched, the odour would come out of my mouth. It as if my intestine has decayed, but the Lord helped me and I escaped it. My father didn’t know any herbalist, he didn’t visit herbalists from the beginning. Even in our house we don’t drink common palm wine, the highest we did was probably when we wanted to sit for an exam or reciting a special prayer and they gave it to give us, and we washed tracts from slate to drink, even though I still used to vomit it away, on my clothes and they would start beating me. So I’m a miracle child. And God really helped me. I took care of my mother until she departed.
How I Became A Prophet, Started My Ministry In The Army —Ayewa
It is not every day one finds a man with 15 years’ experience in the military, dumping his career for music. Pastor Joseph Adebayo Adelakun, a.k.a. Ayewa, one of the pioneers of gospel music in Nigeria, who enlisted in the army in 1968 and left in 1983, and who recently marked 40 years of his Ayewa group.
You recently marked the 40th anniversary of Ayewa. How do you feel, especially with the calibre of people that graced the event?
The 40th anniversary of Ayewa was awesome and those who attended the event witnessed the surprise God gave us, most especially, our father, the General Overseer (Worldwide) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who graced the event and my mentor and dear father in the Lord, the president of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Worldwide, Pastor Abraham Akinosun. I really thank God for making the event a reality and success; my greatest joy is that God took absolute control. Though the event has come and gone, I will continue to thank God for the success it recorded in the history of my life. Another thing that made the event special to me was that it became a confirmation of the revelation I had in 1997. In the revelation, I saw myself in agbada (white regalia) sitting with Baba Adeboye and I was told he is the great man of God carrying the modern call of Prophet Babalola, but I didn’t take it serious then because I felt that it couldn’t come to a reality, especially as I was neither learned nor influential. Besides, I am a member of the CAC. But I thank God that the dream I had 20 years ago came to pass when I sat side by side with Baba Adeboye at the event. I would also like to appreciate Evangelist Ebenezer Obey and King Sunny Ade for their unrivalled support. What I am driving at is that no one knows what the future looks like, but one will reach the promise by faith.
It started when I was in the military, with the then Colonel D.O. Ajayi. I was posted to the Nigerian Army engineer in Kaduna in 1974, because my boss, the senior late Ya’radua, General Buhari, and three others went on course to the United States of America (USA). I would say the birth of my ministry was the main reason I was posted to Kaduna, because at the time, Southerners didn’t really like to be posted to the North and vice versa. I was even advised to bribe the clerk not to post me to the North, but I refused to do that. I thank God that I followed my heart by insisting on the posting. I was there from 1974 till 1976. We started singing in the church in 1975 and in the military, we didn’t constitute a choir. However, we sang a song at the CAC, Kaawo which went thus: ‘Akuku yewa oo Akuku yewa oo, baye gbogun be esu di te Jesu onigba, akuku yewa oo…’ which was widely accepted by people and became a slogan around January and February 1976. Gradually, the group took off and some elders, who loved what God was doing through us advised us to be careful to prevent sanctions. We were placed under watch and the elders eventually discovered that the ministry was real and they decided to pray for us, when five people joined me, and that was how we started the Ayewa group professionally.
Later in December 26 that same year I had a call that stated that I had been posted to Lagos. My boss requested for me when he returned from the US; I left Kaduna and I worked with him for seven of my little-over-14 years’ experience in the army. In fact, the group was blessed and approved in my absence, because I left immediately I was posted to Lagos. Afterwards, precisely in 1978, my boss’s friend, Pastor Peter, who came on visitation, fell in love with some of the songs I played. He asked whether I had heard about the Good Women Choir in Ibadan, noting that the Ayewa group was not different from what the Good Women were doing. He encouraged me to do a record and I told him that would not be possible, since I was in the military. He eventually told my boss. As God would have it, what I thought would be impossible, was made easy, as my boss gave me a four-day break to do a record with other members of the group who had come from Kaduna to Lagos for the recording.
You spent 15 years in the military; what was the experience like?
Honestly, the military experience changed my entire life to the extent, such that I still see myself as very young and active, in spite of the fact that I am above 60. I still love and respect the military, because I gained a lot during my service, especially in the area of discipline. You don’t talk anyhow as a military man. We love and respect one another, as well as live in harmony. Irrespective of time and chance, the principles and responsibilities of the military will continue to stand. Though, I have left the army, I am still in the army, because I still relate with the military directly or indirectly. I can tell you authoritatively that nothing, even coup, can take place in this country except solid retired military men know about it. These are intelligent people, who would pretend as if they knew nothing about what would happen.
As a prophetic singer, Pastor Joseph Adelakun uses wisdom to share revelations through songs.
When did you receive the call of prophecy?
It was in the military, though I had been receiving some revelations about it for a very long time. I could remember that Baba Abiye, whom I love so much also told me one fateful day in 1978 that I could not escape doing God’s work, as he put it. I laughed and didn’t take it seriously. I never envisaged that I would finally find myself in the vineyard, because I felt that I was comfortable as a military man. However, the pressure was so much in 1982 that I had no choice but to do the will of God, even when I was considering completing my 15 years in the service. A prophet told me to fast for three days because I was afraid to tell my boss that I was leaving the army. I did accordingly and on the last day when we returned to Kuru, Yar’Adua, who was a close friend to my boss, came to visit him and later left late in the night. Afterwards, I summoned courage and went to him, knelt before him and told him that I wanted to leave the army for the work of God. To my surprise, he did not contradict my decision, but instead, encouraged and assisted me till I left the army in 1983.
You’re a prophet, pastor, and a musician. How do you create a balance?
It has been the grace of God, but I feel the military experience still helps me. I was also very determined to do the will of God. I was used to praying on the mountain, before I embraced my calling as a musician. I thank God for grace even in old age. I wake up at 3am every day to thank God, since the moment I discovered that I carry a special grace. I knew nothing about music from the onset. It would interest you to know that I didn’t go to music school. You can imagine the experience of a Muslim-turned-Christian, who knew nothing about rhythm, but whom God gave the gift of music to the extent that I teach music professionals now.
Was the situation of the country worse than now when you released your hit song Amona Tete Mabo?
Unknown to many, this song is in my Volume 4 and I would say that it was a prophecy. My baptismal name is Joseph, and like the biblical Joseph, the dreamer, I receive revelations through my dreams; even when I was in the army. One day, God told me to rework the song, which I informed the members of the group, but they frowned at it because they felt people would think we were running out of songs. We argued till we got to the studio and recorded the song in that state of mind. The drama that happened in the studio the day we recorded that song would have made the song a failure, but God made it interesting when it came out. The argument that ensued in the studio also led to the composition of other two songs entitled: Waba Mi Gbe Rumi and Satani Oluwa Bao Wi. I would say that Amona was our worst recorded album, but it became the watchword for many people and a covenant with God. This is why God used it as our breakthrough. The revelation was timely, because dollar was 4 to 1 back then. This was one of the things that informed the song then. You will also agree with me that the song is still relevant even today, especially with the present state of the country.
I met Christ where I went to buy Indian hemp – Ayewa
Joseph Adelakun fondly called Ayewa is a gospel singer, songwriter and televangelist.
You have been a musician for over forty years. When you started out, did you ever imagine your brand would be this big?
My father was an Alhaji and he built a mosque for the community. I had in a staunch Islamic background where we never drank alcohol not to talk of smoking. In our house, once we woke up, the next point of call was the mosque and I loved God. I had dreams that I would be great like Joseph in the bible. I hawked food stuff as a child. After school, I would take the foodstuff and hawk; in fact I did this with my school uniform. My father was not a poor man but our mothers made us do it as a form of training. I was raised in a highly disciplined family, the kind of family where you dare not eat your meat till you had finished your meal.
How did someone with such a strong Islamic background become a pastor?
It happened miraculously through the will of God. Many people do not know that I did not go to secondary school and the reason is that the year I proposed to go to Olivet High School was the same year my father died. That was in August 1964. My father had five wives and 16 children and after his death, we were like a herd of sheep without a shepherd. The first son who had just left a school of agriculture could not fend for us because his salary was just a stipend. We all had to find our way. I did an exam to go to Olivet High School and I was accepted but I had no money. I passed exams to study at trade centres in Oyo and Osogbo but lack of funds hampered my admission. So when one of my elder brothers approached me asking what I wanted to do with my life, I told him I wanted to become an electrical engineer. My mother was devastated. She said it was the same job one of her friend’s children did before he was electrocuted, she began to cry but I maintained my stand. Luckily, someone came along and told her to let me do what I wanted so as not to regret it later in life. Then I was taken to Kareem Electrical Engineering Service in Ogunpa, Oyo State to become an apprentice.
Back then, Ogunpa could be likened to the rough parts of Ajegunle and Mushin in Lagos. There were a lot of urchins there. It was a very rough area. The gutter where we urinated was the same place we ate and our constant food was gari and groundnut. Most times, we had to help people sweep or do other menial jobs before we could get some food to eat.
My elder brother paid for my apprenticeship and I spent about two years there from 1966 till 1968 and when I left Kareem Electrical Engineering Service, I immediately joined the Nigerian army through one of my friends. He first enlisted into the army and when he came home to visit, he was spending money and we believed he was a rich man. We began to follow him everywhere but as of the time, I was only smoking cigarette till I went to visit him and I met him with some soldier friends of his smoking Indian hemp.
They offered me Indian hemp, initially I declined but shortly after, I joined them and that was the first time I took the substance. Till date, I do not know how I left that place. The next day I woke up with gari and milk all over my body. I was scared because my boss must not know what I was up to the previous day but I really thank God for the life of one of my boss’s wives who covered up for me on that fateful day.
Normally, whenever I woke up, I was charged with boiling water for my boss to have his bath but on that day because I was so messed up, I could not perform my normal duty. When my boss asked after me, his wife told him that I had fever and I was sleeping, so my boss permitted me to take the day off. I vowed never to smoke Indian hemp but shortly after, I broke the promise. Few days later, I accompanied my soldier friend to the cinema and when we were returning home, we stopped to buy Indian hemp again. That was how I started smoking marijuana in 1968. After moving around with my soldier friends, they advised me to join the army because they were recruiting in Agodi Ibadan. Even though I did not meet the required age qualification, my friend urged me to enlist with the promise that he would ask someone to influence it. That is how I joined the army without the knowledge or permission of any of my family members even though I am the only son of my mother. I was about 20 years at the time I joined the Nigerian army in 1969.
I went to Abeokuta depot and after I completed my training, I was posted to Nigerian Army Engineers due to my skills as an electrical engineer. In 1972, I met Christ when I was posted to the Nigerian army engineering regiment in Ede, Osun State. That year, we went to a compound in Ede to buy Indian hemp and as I was going back to the base, they were having a revival, so my friends and I decided to attend and look at what they were doing. We heard that a blind man was leading the ministration but he was very powerful. When I got home that night, I went to pray as a Muslim and in the middle of the night when I was sleeping, I heard someone speak to me in a loud voice saying, ‘I am the person you came to meet and if you allow me I would make you great. I am taking you to great places. I am Jesus whom you know as the Prophet Isah.’ Immediately I woke up, I rebuked the dream. Later that day, while I was sitting among my friends, I heard someone say, ‘I want to use you for my glory.’ I told my friends what I was hearing and I began to make jokes out of the message but they asked me to stop. I did not know that God had chosen and prepared me since I was in my mother’s womb. When I started going to church, my friends said it was because I was trying to get women. They believed I would get fed up but I went because of my conviction as a Christian. Gradually I began to attend church programmes and the Lord began to show me some revelations.
When I became a Christian, some of my uncles were unhappy. There was a particular one, although he is dead now, who said that if they had known I would convert to Christianity, they would have given out the ram for my naming ceremony to beggars and God would have been happy. They overreacted but the Lord told me to keep quiet.
Before you ventured into music, was there any singer in your family?
There was no single singer.
How did you discover your talent?
I would say it was God. The spirit of music had been impacted in me right from my mother’s womb. We did not have any singer in my family but God had impacted that spirit in me because He knew He wanted to use me. As a child, I could be going to the market with my mother and I would see some people walking with their head. Out of fear, I would hold my mother and yell that a certain person was walking with his head but my mother would shut me up because she knew the meaning. I saw a lot of strange things as a child, so my mother decided to take me to an Islamic cleric who did some things to me so that I would stop seeing those strange things. Despite that, could not hinder God’s plans in my life. In retrospect, I could have been a very powerful prophet if I was not taken to the Islamic cleric.
I did not want to listen to God’s call because I was doing well in the army. I was the orderly to a senior army officer, Gen. D.O Ajayi. I was in charge of everything; be it money, food, drinks, etc. but I never took what was not mine. I was comfortable in the army but when God’s call came, I was at the Command Staff College at Jaji with my boss. A prophet came to meet me and told me that I should either work in the military and wait for my pension after service or quit the military and receive what God had in store for me.
Also, I would never forget Pastor Ashimolowo. I still have the letter of the first appointment he gave me in London. When I got to his office, he told me that he realised that I had potential but I should not be shy about speaking because I did not complete my education. He said that I should call some of my members and speak with them even if my English was not correct. Ashimolowo further told me that I should speak bravely and with time, I would improve. He advised that I invest in buying books. I went to a bookshop and spent over £200, that was in 1996. When I got back to Nigeria, I bought an English bible and also a Yoruba Bible. I would study the English Bible and if I came across a word I did not understand, I would check the Yoruba Bible for its meaning. That was how I trained myself gradually. I tried to employ a teacher at a time.
What were some of the challenges you faced when you founded your Ayewa group?
I faced a lot of challenges. I was just able to overcome due to the discipline I learnt in the military. If it is possible for me to enlist in the military again, I would because I still like that job. I love the job so much because of its discipline.
Why did you choose the name Joseph after you converted to Christianity?
When about nine of us from the military converted to Christianity, they asked us to line up and choose Christian names, I picked Joseph. Later, Pastor Akande told me that I would face what Joseph in the Bible faced. He said that it was an angel of God that opened my mouth and gave me that name. He said that I would face envy and jealousy but I would also emerge victorious in life.
Does it mean that if you come back to this world, you would still want to be a military man?
Yes, I would want to be a military man because of the discipline in the army. If I had an opportunity to join the army again, I would do so.
Pastor Joseph Adebayo Adelakun (Ayewa) is active on social media. You can connect with him via his official handles on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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