Opinion Onitsha fire: Where is God Here? By Olawale Olaleye

A woman had been childless for 16 years after her marriage and at the beginning of this year, 2019, her prayer was answered, only for her and the baby to die in the Wednesday fire at Onitsha market?

Is that an act of God? Whose sin was being visited here: hers or the baby’s? In what way is this going to glorify God or exalt His name? Is God allowing the devil a free reign and perhaps, enjoying the disaster he is unleashing on human race?

What was the need for granting the woman a child when He knew she would be taken away with the child in a very painful manner as this? Where is the place of faith here? Is God truly watching over us or the story of creation is just a myth?

I can’t figure anything…I’m just blank!