EARLY this year, a suicide bomber, on the way to his target in Damaturu, Yobe State of Nigeria, reportedly shouted that he was doing 'the work of God' and that he would not stop. That was just before he died after the impact of the explosion threw him into a ditch. I remember also the little girl, laden with explosives and smuggled into Israel, sometime ago. But before the bomb went off, she started pleading that people would help her dismantle the bombs because she didn't want to die. It was very emotional, watching her live on television. Definitely, she was sent on the mission against her will. So many, like her, are fortunate to find a way of escape, but may never return to their people, otherwise they would be killed for abandoning 'the work of God'. Work of God indeed!Just last week, two suicide bombers, on a motorcycle, were blown up as their bombs detonated on the ever-busy Ali Akilu Road in Kaduna. Thank God that the planned attack was divinely stopped, otherwise, hundreds of families would have been thrown into mourning that Tuesday afternoon. There have been scores of such suicide bomb attacks in the northern part of country in recent times and thousands have been killed. Now, the questions are: What motivates a person to detonate explosives to kill him/herself and others' How do terror groups get finances and couriers' Who trains them' What religious and psychological manipulations do they receive' Are there diabolical aspects' Why do they always have charms, amulets and spiritualists about them'At the above-mentioned Kaduna incident, after the explosion killed the would-be bombers, suddenly a strange swarm of bees appeared at the scene and dispersed the crowd that had gathered to witness the incident. It was televised. Were they truly working for God' the 'God' of sorcerers and murderers' Is there any reward of paradise, or eternal prize awaiting them after death'Suicide bombings, as we are now witnessing in Nigeria and other parts of the world, are basically carried out by jihadists; persons who forcefully want to impose their religious beliefs on others. They do this under the guise of fighting for the cause of religion or brethren, which they claim are threatened. But it has been proved that these efforts are never propelled by religion but by political, social and economic motives. Or how else do you explain attacks on national, financial, media, humanitarian, and even same religion institutions.Suicide bombers (and all jihadists) are always thoroughly brainwashed before they embark on these evil missions. They are made to believe that they and their religion are hated. This brainwashing requires constant, well-planned and coordinated indoctrination. This is part of the reason they are often kept in a camp for a period of time or are made to sit under the teachings of pro-jihadists masquerading as clerics. There, they would systematically be fed with lies and hate messages about their targets until they believe and make up their minds for the mission. They are deceived into believing they are doing the work and will of God and would be rewarded with paradise, gifts and many false, dubious and satanic promises.But for high-level deception and diabolical involvement surrounding these missions, one would have expected would-be bombers to always ask their sponsors how murder of an innocent person would fetch eternal reward when the Almighty, our culture and even human instincts warn us against such. Secondly, if truly there are eternal rewards, why do these terror masters always exempt themselves and their relatives from going on such missions' Look at the case of Osama Bin Laden, as he sponsored and coordinating these missions all over the world, he carefully gathered his wives and children into a cozy palatial home in Pakistan, worth millions of dollars. And we learnt he sternly warned his children not to follow his path.In Nigeria, some members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect currently terrorising the country have told us how the leadership of the group would exempt their tribesmen and relations, but assign and prepare others for suicide missions. They also gave account of how these leaders would appropriate widows of the bombers, stolen exotic cars and money to themselves.The truth is that there is no paradise or eternal blessing awaiting a suicide bomber or any other murderer for that matter. That promise is definitely from the Devil' the master of deception. But unfortunately, the unrepentant murderers would find out too late that they died, sadly, in vain' from painful death through shrapnel and explosives into hell fire, suffering, weeping and gnashing of teeth' forever!Rev. Agbo is of the Assemblies of God Nigeria, gabrielagbo@yahoo.com
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