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Three Die During Deliverance In Popular Warri Prophetic Church
The Police in Delta State have confirmed that three worshippers died during a deliverance service at Christ Mercy Land Deliverance Ministry, in the commercial city of Warri, Delta State.
The church whose founder, Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, host a popular satellite television channel, Mercy TV, is located immediately after army check point in the outskirt of Warri.
Confirming the incident which happened over the weekend, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Andrew Aniamaka, on Tuesday told newsmen that one of the deceased drowned, while the other two died during prayer session in the church at the weekend.
Animaka said: “The information actually is that one worshipper drowned and two died in the church; that is the information available to me at the moment.”
However, a source had earlier told journalists that the deceased were a 10-year-old boy, identified as Emmanuel Odili, Beatrice Nwachukwu and Antonio Abba.
The source, who spoke in confidence, said that the late Odili on Friday accompanied his mother to the church to worship, but fell into a pit inside the church premises and died.
He said that on Saturday, members of the church found his corpse floating after he had been declared missing by his parents.
The source said that the church authority deposited the remains of the boy at a morgue before reporting the incident at Eburumede Police Station.
The source said: “The authority of the church alleged that the deceased had mental disorder, which was denied by the parents.
“While the matter was being investigated, some members of the church on Saturday came to report that Nwachukwu and Abba had died during deliverance in the church.
“They (church authority) said that Nwachukwu slumped during the prayer session; they also claimed she had high blood pressure but the husband denied it.”
Meanwhile, when contacted, the spokesman of the church, Godday Emiko, denied the allegation through a text message.
Emiko said: “Sorry, I miss your call, there is nothing like that.”
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