‘I’m a Chosen’: How religion is turning adults in Nigeria into idiots

There seem to be a recent addition to this trend: "I'm a Chosen". This has become a common proclamation among adherents of the Lazarus Muoka-led Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, a Pentecostal sect based in Ijesha, a Lagos suburb with substantial branches across Nigeria. While the phrase may seem innocuous on the surface, it has become symbolic of a deeper issue—the increasing trend of adults abandoning rational thinking in favor of blind allegiance to religious doctrines, sometimes to the point of absurdity.