How I was shot 57 times as NSCDC Boss - Abolurin

The immediate past Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ade Abolurin has said he was once shot at 57 times while serving as the boss of the Corps.

Dr. Abolurin disclosed this while giving his testimony at a thanks giving service organized to mark his successful retirement from service on Sunday at the National Christian Center.

He said he was attacked several times both physically and spiritually during his tenure as the Commandant General of the NSCDC but that an incident where 57 bullets were shot at him at close range stood out.

"There was a day while traveling to Plateau State, I was attacked, two grenades were fired into my car while sporadic shots were fired at my car.

"My driver was shot dead. When the car finally stopped gunmen surrounded me pointing their guns at me. Someone gave them the directive to shoot and they started shooting at me but none of the bullets penetrated me," he narrated.

Abolurin added that the assailants took to their heels afterwards but 57 bullets were counted inside the vehicle and 105 outside the car when help eventually came.

He also gave testimony of how God saved him from a Bellview plane crash when the pilot announced that he had lost control, saying that when he prayed to God, all the occupants of the plane were saved because of him.

The former NSCDC CG recalled that he took charge of an organisation that was full of "herbalists", adding that there was always a head of an animal used as sacrifice at one point or the other within the office premises but God gave him the grace to survive all the attacks.

He therefore called on Christians to get closer to God as he remains the only weapon of their defence against enemies.

In his remarks, Deputy Secretary of the Cristian Association of Nigeria (CAN),  Barr. Jayeola Daramola described Dr. Abolurin as a dependable Christian, who served the nation in his capacity as the CG of NSCDC honestly.