Baby dies in church during dedication (photo)

A baby belonging to Godwin and Amaka Mark was reported
to have died after its dedication by a pastor who presides
over a church at Baruwa area of Ipaja in Lagos.
According to Lib , the story was reported a witness who
insists on the authenticity of the story.

The source said the Pastor (names withheld) dedicated the
baby on June 1 but soon after the blessing, the baby
reportedly gave up right there in church.
Mrs. Mark is said to be pointing accusing fingers at the
Pastor who, according to her, had a hand in her baby’s
death.
It was an unusual thing to have seen a pastor dedicating a
baby without carrying the baby on his hand. What the
Pastor did was to sprinkle oil and he prayed without even
touching the baby.

When someone who was invited by the
couple, Godwin and Amaka Mark asked them why the
pastor wasn’t carrying the baby, they stated that it was a
norm in that church for babies to be dedicated in that
manner. Soon after the benediction, the Pastor disappeared
from the church and when the parents of the dead baby
realized that their child was no more breathing, they called
the pastor on his mobile phone.

The pastor refused to come back to the church stating that
he had already taken off his clothes. He was further told
that the baby which he had just dedicated was dead and his
response was, “it is well”!

The bereaved parents had to go and bury their dead child
with the assistance of the invited guests.
The following day, the pastor sent some people to pay a
condolence visit to the bereaved couple. The mother of the
deceased child said that the pastor knows about the death
of her child and when she expressed her displeasure over
the Pastor’s actions, the emissary went back to inform the
pastor.

The pastor has threatened to sue Mrs Amaka Mark if she
does not retract her statement within 7days.
Mr and Mrs Mark made it very clear to the pastor that they
were ready for any legal tussle with him. Now the pastor
has been pleading with the couple in order not to make it
public.

Many are, however, wondering if the baby was given a
clean bill of health by a medical personnel before the
church dedication. It will be interesting to observe how the
Mark family hopes to prove the complicity of the said
pastor in the baby’s death.