Sam Adeyemi, the Founder and Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre in Lagos, disclosed that a series of troubling dreams forced him and his wife, Nike, to relocate to the United States.
During a virtual interview on Seun Okinbaloye’s podcast, ‘Mic On,’ Adeyemi shared that the COVID-19 pandemic, EndSARS protests, and alarming dreams about Nigeria prompted their move.
In his words:
“When COVID-19 started, all our children were in the US, so everyone stayed with their families. We stayed with our children.
The week services resumed was when EndSARS started, so we were preparing to return to Nigeria. When the EndSARS protests ended in violence, we stayed back a bit. When we were ready to return to Nigeria, a different experience altogether happened.”
He explained that his wife had a disturbing dream about traveling to Nigeria and returning to the US, which was followed by his own vivid dream involving a violent attack in Nigeria.
He took these dreams seriously after his wife woke him up at 2 a.m., concerned by his loud shouting during the dream.
“We decided to take it seriously, especially considering a dream we had three days earlier. We prayed fervently, sensing danger,” Adeyemi said.
Adeyemi noted that subsequent attempts to plan their return to Nigeria were met with recurring bad dreams and uneasy feelings from family members in Nigeria.
“Whenever we fixed the date and booked our seats on the flight, I would have a dream that something bad would happen to me in Nigeria.
I then said I have been a Christian for 40 years. If God is speaking to me, I should have an idea that it is God speaking. Something is going on. I don’t know what it is, but I want to pray more,” he stated.
Following these revelations, Adeyemi called a Zoom meeting with the top 120 leaders of Daystar Christian Centre to discuss the situation.
“They said you’ve never deceived us before. If God asks you to stay, stay as long as He directs. We’ll continue this journey,” Adeyemi reported.
The church leaders agreed to keep the church running in his absence.
Adeyemi concluded by reflecting on the emotional toll of being away from Nigeria for an extended period.
“Six months later, we were still in the US for one year, tearing me apart. I discovered that, until COVID-19, I’d been out of Nigeria for eight weeks. To now be away when you had the church with 40,000 members,” he said, highlighting the challenge of being distanced from his congregation during this time.
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