Video: Gospel singer, Buchi reveals reason he left cultism

Abdullateef Fowewe

Gospel music celebrity, Buchi Atuonwu alias Buchi has revealed his past experience as a cultist, stating that he left the group after encountering Jesus.

Video link: Gospel singer, Buchi reveals reason he left cultism

Speaking in an interview with Gaise Baba on ‘Black Flame’, Buchi noted that he realised that the cult was far from a physical group, but rather a spiritual entity.

Buchi stressed that it was until he figured that the group was far from only physical before he understood that he couldn’t fight spiritual battles with physical means.

He said, “I had a deeper understanding of the cult. Jesus showed me the meaning of the cult that it was not a physical association. You can’t bring a knife to a gun fight and hope to win. It’s a spiritual thing. And much of what I was protesting and fighting were spiritual.

“One day I was in a company of about 200 people, and I was their singer, no microphone, and it was between 1am-2am. I had to be loud and commanding enough. And we were going on a voyage, some people had a coffin on their head, some carried the red lamp.

“But from the left, someone spoke into my ears and said, You don’t belong here.
So I was startled. But I couldn’t stop singing. I kept singing. I kept singing.
But there was nobody there.

“As we moved on that procession, I heard that voice again. This time it was clearer. It said, You don’t belong here. I could not unhear what I heard. And it remained with me until the events that followed.

“And these were all young men and old. Ready to do damage. There were 60-year-olds there. There were 70-year-olds there. There were 20-year-olds there. 30-year-olds. The cult is a leveller. The rich and the poor.

“And people from all tribes were united. Fervently pursuing a cause. The cult has very little to do with the university students.”