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In the Same Room: it's always, always about impact.

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Bayo, on his way to In the Same Room, the Pentecost Art Club event in Abuja, stops the club’s founder at the door: “We’re heading out right now for the Pentecost Art Club event called In the Same Room. How you feeling, brother?” The founder introduces himself as Pentecost the Preacher.

What the day is for, in his words: “teaching young professionals in different spheres of influences to be value-driven individuals in whatever sphere of influence that they find themselves.” Creators and non-creators alike are there to “lead with value”, because that is what shapes a culture and a nation.

Asked what success is, he does not hesitate: “It’s always, always about impact.” The people coming to speak have a track record of it, and that is the point of putting them in one room. His message to anyone watching: “you’re not here by mistake. You’re here for something. So you need to find that out and hit it hard.”

It ends with the tradition: Bayo explains that “it’s Maceo that does it too”, the founder spells booyah his own way, and they say it together on three.

Filmed by Bayo in Abuja on Saturday 19 September 2026. The transcript below is from the original audio.

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0:00AHey guys, your boy Swabayo here. We’re heading out right now for the Pentecost Art Club event called In the Same Room. How you feeling, brother?

0:10BI’m feeling good, feeling very, very excited. Today is going to be an amazing day.

0:14APlease, would you mind introducing yourself to the people?

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0:16BOkay, I’m Marvel Cedric Elias, better known as Pentecost the Preacher, and I’m the founder of Pentecost Art Club.

0:22ANice. And, um, what’s your event about today?

0:25BWell, my event is Just about teaching young professionals in different spheres of influences to be value-driven individuals in whatever sphere of influence that they find themselves. So we’re trying to teach creators, non-creators, young people to lead with value, because I believe that is very, very important in the shaping of culture and in the shaping of our nation.

0:46AAnd, um, for you personally, what do you think success is?

0:49BWell, success for me Um, has always been about impact, and that will be replicated today because I have a bunch of, um, champions of industries, people who have done it in their spheres of influences and have a track record of impact coming to share the same room with individuals to lead them in the right direction. So that is success for me. It’s always, always about impact.

1:14AWell said, brother. That’s powerful. Thank you. I think impact is actually the most important thing, really, at the end of the day. It’s how we are able to make lives better for people. Of course. Nice. And, um, is there anything else to say to the people? Well, um, I want to tell people to put God first.

1:28BThey should actually strive, strive and strive to know what your purpose in life is, because truly you’re not here by mistake. You’re here for something. So you need to find that out and hit it hard. Push with every single thing that is in you. I mean, you are aware how this whole thing has stressed us, but we keep pushing because we understand that God has placed us in this world for a reason. So we owe it to God to be responsible individuals.

1:55ANice. And then, and there’s a tradition we have, um, it’s called --

2:01Bspell booyah. I mean, there are vowel sounds there, so it could, it could be spelled in many ways.

2:07AJust spell in the way that you would want to spell it. B-W-O-Y-A-H. Not bad. Oh yeah, no, so in 3, 2, 1, we’ll say booyah together. What does it mean? It’s just a slang for -- it’s just a tradition. And then it’s Maceo that does it too.

2:20BOh, okay. It became a thing in We Them Media. Ah, nice. Okay, Ice Prince does it too. Really? True.

2:26AOkay, let’s go in 3, 2, 1. Booyah!

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