Mike Bamiloye recounts how Agbara Nla theme song was produced in Prof Ladi Osasona’s studio

By Damilare Daniel

The President and Founder of Mount Zion Faith ministries International, Evangelist Mike Abayomi Bamiloye wrote how he encountered revival fire at The Living Spring annual festival in 1984, a year before he started Mount Zion ministries in 1985 as he celebrates professor Ladi OSASONA’s birthday, the Convener of the Living Spring Festival.

He titled it “Story Behind the Story”

STORY Number 1: (1993)
This is the Man who owned the Music Studio where we sang the Theme Music of AGBARA NLA and the ULTIMATE POWER in 1993.
Do some grown up men and fathers and mothers still remember the heavy percussion beats of the music, that would mop many people from the Streets of many Western Nigeria? The bests and the Chorus song:
“Agbara…to just Agbara lo….
Agbara…to just Agbara lo….
Agbara…to just Agbara lo….”
And all the Songs inside the TeleMovie, both English and Yoruba,
We sang the Song in SHALOM STUDIO, owned by this Great man. He was Dr. LADI OSASONA at the time. He left the studio for us with an engineer.

STORY Number 2:(1984)
Did any of our Fathers, Mothers and grown up men and women remember the Revival Fire of gospel Music in the Early 1982-87, 88, 89?
The Revival that sparked in gospel Music through THE LIVING SPRING, Annual Festival of Gospel Music usually holding at Oduduwa Hall of University of IFE , now Obafemi Awolowo University?
When we were growing up in ministry, looking for where to catch some Ministry Fire, one of those places I caught my earlier REVIVAL FIRE was Living Spring.
You would sit in the Oduduwa Hall watching several fantastic Youths from numerous Campuses and Churches displaying Great Music gifts. People would be singing on stage, and you would be crying in the Audience. At least it had happened to me Twice.
This was the Man,, LADI OSASONA , whom the Lord used to Organized THE LIVING SPRING ~ Annual Festival of Gospel Music.
It was LIVING SPRING 1984 that I have a Wonderful experience. I had gone there as usual. I had sat in the hall as usual. Then the music ministrations began from many Ministers and mostly Youths. The glory of the Lord came down heavily and I ran out of the Hall and cane outside and sat on the pavement crying and praying just one prayer:
“Lord! Use Me Too!
If You Can Use Anything, then, Use Me too!
Gbam!
God heard my Prayers! The following year, 1985, Mount Zion Ministries began. Then, 1986, I mobilized few of my Members, including my Fiancée, Gloria Olusola to the LIVING SPRING 86 and we made three Cloth Banners to Welcome People to Living Spring 86. We wrote it this way:
“Mount Zion Christian Productions, Nigeria, WELCOME YOU To the LIVING SPRING 86”.
This time around, I sat inside the Hall watching and Listening to various inspiring Music, settled in my spirit that I have found my own area of Usefulness in His Vineyard.
He ask narrated how he encouraged youth in the same program after 10 years of his own experience.
ABOUT 10 YEARS LATER,
I was Invited by Professor LADI OSASONA as Guest Minister to LIVING SPRING to Speak.

I stood in the Presence of multitude of Youths in the same place, where I caught some fiery flames in the earlier years, and I spoke to the multitudes of Youths, encouraging Them to still catch some fire too.

THERE ARE SOME MEN WHOSE CONTACT WITH YOU PUSHED YOU FORWARD AT SOME POINT IN THE RACE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
PROFESSOR LADI OSASONA!

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