National Liberian newspaper, ‘The New Republic’ has
recounted an uncanny story of how one of Liberia’s most
notorious drug lords by the name of Emmanuel Fahnbulleh
gave up his criminal activities after praying with Nigeria’s
Prophet T.B. Joshua on his highly popular television
station, Emmanuel TV.
Ironically, it was a Nigerian who introduced him to the
shady business 18 years ago, just as it was a Nigerian who
was used by God to rescue him. Here is the full report:
In a rather unruffled and undisturbed state of mind,
Emmanuel Fahnbulleh divulged his long-running
obsession with being one of Liberia's most dangerous
and feared drug dealers, distributors and users.
Fahnbulleh, who said he is now converted, has been
in the field of selling drugs of all sorts to Liberians for
eighteen years before God arrested and transformed
him. His case is similar to that of Saul who was
arrested on the road to Damascus and transformed to
an abiding believer of the Lord.
Yesterday, Fahnbulleh told Power TV's phone-in talk
show how bad he was during his drug-dealing spree,
bragging that he was matchless in his field.
But as conscience is said to be a judge of every man,
so the converted drug dealer realised his errors and
offered a heartfelt apology to the nation and those
who might have been affected in one way or the other
by his drug dealing activities...
"I want to first of all in this public manner apologize to the
nation, my brothers and sisters out there who my drug
deals might have affected in any way, to go against one
another in the homes. I have been one of the major, major,
major contributors of that problem," he said in a very
unassuming manner.
Fahnbulleh, who provided historical background about how
he got baptised into drug dealing, said it was a Nigerian
national who wooed and changed him into one of Liberia's
most feared dealers.
"It all started in 1996, just before the April 6 crisis, when I
came across my own satan. This Nigerian fellow I met that
day was my own of encounter with the devil, because he
was like my devil," he said, while at the same time
distancing himself from having any physical contact or
interaction with the devil.
He said he called the Nigerian 'devil' because his
intervention in his life thwarted his academic brightness as
an upcoming student in the community. "When this guy
came in the community, he came across me and called me
to come. He said to me, 'You are a smart kid; you can push
this thing'. He gave me the first 10 kilograms of cocaine. At
that time, my brother, you could not sell 5 grams of cocaine
in Liberia a day because it was not easy," Fahnbulleh
divulged.
In spite of the roughness and hardness of the market at the
time for reasons he did not say, he noted that he was able
to distribute at least 60 grams of cocaine every day.
Through the grace of God, the self-proclaimed drug pusher
explained he is now a Christian and worshipping with the
Trinity Healing Temple of Jesus Christ, which is led by
Mother Esther B. Davies.
Fahnbulleh, who also explained how his conversion came
about, said, "It was around the month of April, about the
23rd, 24th this year when one of my friends came by and
said to me, 'Emma, why can't you watch this TV station of
Pastor T.B. Joshua (Emmanuel TV)? You might get
something from there."
In a rather rushed fashion, he said he tuned to the TV
station and the first thing he saw was the man of God
praying for viewers. He heard T.B. Joshua say, "I
command whatever that is in you that is not of God to come
out right now!"
At that moment, Fahnbulleh said his entire life dramatically
changed. "I could not do anything; I did not know what I
was doing at that moment."
Right away, he explained further, he was touched to give
back all the illegal drugs in his possession, including a
huge pack of cocaine worth US$1,500. "I called everybody
to come for their things; I told them I did not want money
from them again because I did not want to have anything to
do with drugs," he said.
Fahnbulleh has now joined the campaign to make Liberia a
drug-free nation, in consonance with the drug law of the
Republic of Liberia.
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