In a deeply emotional disclosure, renowned preacher Apostle Arome Osayi has spoken publicly about the kidnapping and death of his brother, revealing how the tragedy shook his family but did not shatter his faith.
During a recent sermon, Apostle Arome narrated the harrowing ordeal—how terrorists abducted his brother, how the family paid a ransom running into millions, and how they were later invited to recover his lifeless body from the forest where he died in captivity.
According to him, nothing prepares anyone for such devastating loss, yet he leaned on Scripture to remain emotionally steady. In his words, “My brother got kidnapped, he died in captivity after we had paid heavy ransom in millions… collected the money and they now called us to come and collect the corpse.
I hope you know nothing hurts like that and then you see your own brother’s body dead in the forest. I hope you know nothing hurts like that.” He explained that although the pain was overwhelming, he refused to break down emotionally. “Ask my wife, I never shed a tear, not because I wasn’t emotionally attached to him, but because I know the Scriptures.
If you know the Scriptures, you will never allow yourself slip into excessive grieve or excessive excitement. You will stay in between.” Apostle Arome added that he made a conscious decision not to let grief consume him spiritually. “So yes, I didn’t shed a tear because I didn’t want to give Satan an opportunity to preach to me. And we are still here, we have not broken down. Your life flows in the direction of your most predominant thoughts.”
