Security agents in Zimbabwe have allegedly detained two Nigerian pastors and blocked their leader, Chris Okafor – who last year prophesied President Robert Mugabe’s death – from entering the country, reports said today, reports Zimbabwean News Day.
Okafor, the leader of the Liberation City World Outreach Ministries, reportedly said in October last year that Zimbabwe would have a new president by March this year.
The prophecy may not have been well-received by Zimbabwean authorities, News Day reported.
Okafor is not the only “man of God” who has prophesied Mugabe’s death over the past few years. In January, a controversial but hugely popular Malawian prophet, Austin Liabunya, predicted the supposed impending demise of Mugabe.
A Malawi publication, the Maravi Post, reported at the time that Liabunya had predicted, during a New Year’s Day service, that Mugabe would pass away this year.
This was not the first time the maverick prophet had forecast the end of Mugabe.
Taken for questioning
Mugabe’s death prophecies reportedly leave a bad taste in the mouths of friends and foes of Zimbabwe’s strongman.
According to New Zimbabwe.com, seven members of Okafor’s church had arrived in Zimbabwe on Sunday to prepare for the pastor’s “grand” arrival at a conference convened by local cleric, Joseph Magorimbo.
The report said five of the Nigerians were deported instantly on arrival and the other two, who arrived on a different flight, were allowed into the country. The two were later taken for questioning, as was Magorimbo.
A source privy to the incident told News Day that Magorimbo and the two Nigerians were questioned for five hours, with Magorimbo accused of inviting Okafor.
A source said security agents claimed, “Okafor prophesied something against the president. But they have not said what it is Okafor said”. The source was quoted as saying, “Okafor was supposed to arrive tomorrow (Wednesday), but he has since cancelled the trip”.
Magorimbo, the report said, was later released while the two Nigerians were bundled into a truck and taken to an unknown destination.
Magorimbo’s lawyer, Jonathan Samkange, confirmed that state security agents had quizzed his client and the two Nigerians.
Many ppl have become bunch of fake Prophets who are busy extorting gullible people in the name of God. Most people who take all the modern day so-called prophets seriously are those who have shallow christian background and little knowledge of the Bible.
ReplyDeleteProphets of old get message from God and pass it to the people. Bcos God never lies, what these Prophets say always come to pass. But modern "Me-of-God" generate "prophesy" based on their own human idealogy and pass it to people. If they are lucky and by co-incidence it happens, they will call media to herald it and that will fetch them more followers and hence increase in revenue. Such self aclaimed Men-of-God give bad image to Christians. We should all beware bcos the end time prophets that Jesus warned us about are on every corner of our streets already. You see them in rented classrooms, hotels, gardens, wilderness etc all in the name of Christ. Very few are actually genuine. But by their fruit, you shall know them.