A Nigerian Prays

Dear God, on behalf of myself, my friends, my family, the Nigerian Nation and all Black people of the world, I pray that you deliver us from all these problems that we are facing. Please forgive us, for we never thought it was a sin against you for us to steal from, rape or kill our own people for our individual selfish ends; because after we have done all these things and swore by your holy books, you didn’t do or say anything. So we thought, “All is well! Praise God in every situation!!” Now they are saying that you have turned your back on us, because we killed your beloved and only son, Jesus Christ.

But I was quick to defend you because I know that you know that, Black people didn’t kill your son Jesus Christ. White people did! He was betrayed by a white man!! Then they handed him over to another white man who ordered him to be whipped!!! These same white people ordered him to be crucified! The traitor was called Judas Iscariot. You can check this out. We don’t have names like Iscariot here in Nigeria, we are called: Ikenna, Emem, Yakubu, Achebe, Odige, Ada, Sade, Sola, Halima, Idara, Chidi, Hassana, Nana, Taiwo, Nnamdi, Shehu, Osaro, Funke, Chidera, Danjuma, Doyinsola, Aloaye, Oghenejavo and a host others.

They also said your son was crucified Golgotha, but we are completely clueless as to the location of Golgotha. You know that Black people are not very welcome in the holy cities of the Bible, because they believe you didn’t create us to be their equals. But we still say, “All is well!” I repeat, “Black people didn’t kill your son! White people did!! If you don’t believe us, please watch the movie “The Passion of the Christ,” and you will see for yourself that no black person, let alone an African or a Nigerian took part in that sad event. This is why we beg you, O Lord Almighty, please stop Black people from stealing from, and raping and killing their own people; and let White people work for them for a change! Amen!!