Ikenna Nzeribe was the sole survivor after assassins from Boko Haram stormed his Nigerian church in 2012, just 60 miles from where the jihadists last month abducted more than 200 girls. 

The church massacre remains vivid for Nzeribe three years later -- as are the scars on his face, neck and arm. 

The Muslim extremists fired shots into the air and shouted "Allah Hu Akbar," or God is great. 

Nzeribe and 13 other Christians hit the floor. 

They were mourning how Boko Haram earlier had killed three fellow Christians, but now Boko Haram was coming for them. 

The masked gunmen shot the 13 worshippers in the head, fatally. 

Now it was Nzeribe's turn. 

"As soon as I saw the man, I knew it was over for me," Nzeribe, 33, said about the gunman. "The only thing I could do was say a last prayer, which was 'Blood of Jesus cover me.' 

"And that was it for me," he told CNN. 

Nzeribe, a handsome banker, was shot in the face with an AK-47 assault rifle, blowing away his jaw, lips and part of his tongue. 

He faked death -- "until they finished," he said. 

He bled profusely. 

"I would say I died in the process," Nzeribe added. "But God brought me back to life." 

Rescuers took him to a local hospital in Mubi, a suburban area in northeastern Nigeria where he was part of a Christian minority and where the mass shooting in church occurred. 

He was later flown to London, where surgeons reconstructed his face. 
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The church massacre remains vivid for Nzeribe three years later -- as are the scars on his face, neck and arm. 
