Preacher, Abel Damina, gives his own prespective<\/strong>)
\nShortly after, an online newspaper published a sobering story on reaching out to depressed persons. It reads:
\nSvelte Nollywood actress, Charity Nnaji was shocked when she heard the news of the death of Micheal Arowosaiye, the music director of The Shepherd\u2019s House Assembly in Abuja, who committed suicide on Tuesday.
\nSpeaking on his death, the actress noted that Micheal made efforts to reach out to her but she ignored his calls and his chats.
\nAccording to her:\u201dI really feel guilty \u00a0right now to be honest. The way we ignore and respond to chats and calls from our loved ones is bad when we don\u2019t know what they are passing through.
\n\u201cMy heart goes to the family of Micheal, the man of God who committed suicide yesterday. I saw the post yesterday and my heart went into shred because this young man used to chat me up sometimes .He calls me sometimes, but I ignore his calls without knowing the reason why he is calling\u201d, she wrote on Instagram.
\nIn the same vein, a certain Olusegun Dosunmu also made some new revelations about the deceased singer, Micheal Arowosaiye.
\nDosunmu refuted claims that Michael committed suicide due to his inability to pay rent and his nude photos leaked.
\nHe said, \u201dI think it\u2019s time I spoke up about the lies being peddled by the social media experts. May GOD rest the deceased\u2019s soul. Mike Arowosaiye, the guy that committed suicide, was the music director at Shepherd\u2019s House Assembly International, and not RCCG.
\n\u201dHe left RCCG over two years back. No one ever had or released Mike\u2019s nudes. The church suspended Mike three months because he had some sexual escapades with the some girls in the choir. The church in its spiritual discretion felt Mike occupied a very sensitive position and should not abuse the office. Mike was due to be reinstated this Sunday (May 19).
\n\u201dHe was still in church on Monday and was seen beating the drums. He appeared lively. He allegedly ended his marriage to his fianc\u00e9e by mutual consent and she moved to Lagos. She was also a member of the church. Mike didn\u2019t look depressed and he never said to anyone that he was owing some rent. The church never stopped paying his salary all through the suspension, he wasn\u2019t just going to minister on the stage.
\n\u201dThe disciplinary committee of church followed him up in his suspension days and felt he was remorseful and asked the church to reinstate him on Sunday. Rev. Joshua Talena, the senior Pastor, was said to have supported him with prayers and some cash gifts and told him that his suspension was necessary, to serve as deterrent to him and others.
\n\u201dI\u2019m able to reveal these because I was a staff and member of the church. The church brought me to Abuja from Lagos in 2011, and I was the head of their media department. I still have a cordial relationship with Rev. Talena and more importantly, the devout church members. But I wasn\u2019t really close to Mike.
\n\u201dI\u2019m told the church is still shocked at his passing and they\u2019ve given his phones and laptop to the police for investigation. Probably, possibly, he was having some conversations that they aren\u2019t aware of. Mike was a great gospel artiste. He was 32,\u201d Dosunmu told newsmen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A journalist’s told how a phone call from his spouse may have saved a depressed friend. “My wife just on a whim put a call to one of her friends who lived a privileged life …. Surprisingly, this woman who went to some of the best schools in Nigeria is in a state of depression. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5777,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-features","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}