Kogi State Government has ordered the immediate closure of a prayer house for allegedly defrauding members by selling \u201cbulletproof water\u201d and running an unapproved medical facility.<\/p>\n
The Pastor of outfit, Peter Adeiza, is said to have been operating the facility since 2008 while many people were said to have allegedly lost their lives due to illegal and unhygienic medical practice.<\/p>\n
A statement signed by Chief Press Secretary, to the governor, Onogwu Muhammed said the prayer house, named \u2018The New Jerusalem\u2019, was sealed off over \u201calleged unwholesome practices.<\/p>\n
The statement said the pastor in charge of the facility is currently under investigation, while some persons, \u201cmainly young women who claimed they came for prayer and had spent months at the place, including others mentally unstable placed under chains\u201d, were found at the centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was gathered that a number of deaths have been recorded at the prayer house, including pregnant women and others suffering from various ailments, after charging their relatives huge sum of money.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cHis supposed assistant, Eneji Seidu, from Adogo, Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State, said the Pastor, who was a musical artist before he received a call to be a Pastor, has been his close friend, noting that he is a true man of God who has been called to help those in need.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cHe admitted that people receive medical attention at the church, but denied knowledge of deaths of sick people at the prayer house, saying God had used the Pastor to heal many who comes with challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Muhammed added that Fanwo said those found at the prayer house would be reunited with their families, just as he urged residents to desist from patronizing quacks.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the health commissioner said the pastor has no medical training, but was involved in \u201ctaking deliveries and transfusing blood, as well as keeping people with mental illness, and extorting money from them under the guise of spiritual materials\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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