A popular pastor in Cameroon has died from coronavirus weeks after he claimed he could cure the disease.
Pastor Franklin Ndifor, who contested in Cameroon’s last presidential
election in 2018, laid hands on coronavirus patients at his Kingship
International Ministries Church and prayed for their healing.
The 39-year-old died on Saturday but his followers claimed he is not dead but on a spiritual retreat.
Cameroon police used force to gain access to his residence in the
economic capital city Douala, as some of his supporters blocked
entrances, praying for his resurrection.
Hundreds of followers sang Sunday morning at Ndifor’s Douala residence
that the man popularly referred to as the prophet is not dead, but he is
rather on a spiritual retreat with God and will return soon.
Their singing and prayers were broadcast by several local radio stations.
Ndifor died and was buried in front of his residence Saturday by workers of Cameroon’s Covid-19 response team in Douala.
Doctor Gaelle Nnanga said by messaging application from Douala that
Ndifor died less than a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
He said some members of Ndifor’s Kingship International Ministries
Church called him to come to the pastor’s aid when they found out Ndifor
was in agony, but when the medical team he leads arrived, Ndifor was
having severe respiratory difficulties.
He said the pastor died less than 10 minutes after they treated him.
The governor of Cameroon’s coastal region, where Douala is, said in a
release he deployed police to force their way to Ndifor’s residence when
his followers chased medical staff away, claiming that the pastor was
on a spiritual retreat with God, rather than dead, and should not be
buried.
Ndifor follower Rigobert Che says the “prophet” last Wednesday prayed
for him and several dozen people diagnosed with COVID-19, and some who
suspected they were carriers or had symptoms. He says via a messaging
application that Ndifor’s death has brought panic to the hundreds of
people who have been visiting him for prayers for a divine cure.
Medical staff are asking all those who came in contact with the pastor to report to hospitals to be tested for COVID-19.
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