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EBOLA- Lagos Pastor Boasts Of Ebola Cure by osjoshua(m): 2:34pm On Jul 29, 2014
The Founder of Trinity House, Pastor Ituah
Ighodalo, has claimed that he has found a
solution to the deadly Ebola disease, which has
killed no fewer than 670 people and infected more
than 1,000 in Africa.

Following the death in Lagos of a Liberian, Patrick
Sawyer, who flew in from his country to Nigeria
last week, Ighodalo said he had a “message of
hope and faith” that would uncover the solution to
the highly infectious disease.

He said that God’s “anointing” and the “living
words of Jesus,” were all that are needed to cure
the deadly disease,” adding that mere laying of
hands on those afflicted with the incurable Ebola
virus was all that was required to liberate them.
Ighodalo claimed that he was drawing inspiration
from the late Canadian–American Pentecostal
pastor, John D. Lake, who, according to him,
cured those infected by the virus.

Writing on his official Facebook page, the
clergyman, who is also a chartered accountant,
said that he could perform the same feat as Lake
who reportedly laid hands on some Africans
infected by the Ebola virus and healed them.

“Several years ago, the Ebola virus erupted in
Africa, killing thousands of people without
restraint or cure. The medical world was
perplexed. A great man of God by the name John
G. Lake came to the rescue by laying hands on
infected people who were not to be touched.

“With bare hands, cleaning secretion and curing
every victim, John. G. Lake along with his Holy
Ghost filled team, brought to an abrupt end to the
spread of the deadly virus. The higher life that put
out Ebola in the days of John. G. Lake will do the
same through you in your day! At the name of
Jesus, Ebola will bow out! Stop the fear! Lake and
team are long gone! But I am here, you are here!
We can save our world! We have the life of God in
us!” Ighodalo wrote in a post on his Facebook
page.

Buttressing his claim that Ebola could be cured
by the simple laying of hands on the infected
individuals, Ighodalo quoted from portions of the
Holy Bible.
According to him, if he and any member of his
deliverance team laid their hands on those
infected with the virus, they would not contract
the disease.
“And if they drink any deadly thing (Ebola virus
included) it shall not hurt them, they shall lay
hand on the sick (those already infected) and they
shall recover,” he said, paraphrasing a verse in
the Bible.

However, Ighodalo’s claim has attracted angry
reactions from Nigerians accusing him of
misleading members of the public on the dangers
posed by the deadly virus.
In the comments dropped on his Facebook page,
Ighodalo was accused of spreading
misinformation and falsehood, which according to
them is capable of putting more Nigerians at risk
of contracting the virus.

An obviously enraged respondent, Oyenuga Lanre-
Paul, described Ighodalo’s cure to Ebola as a
“suicidal prescription” adding that the clergyman
should immediately pull down the post from his
Facebook page.
Lanre-Paul challenged Ighodalo to embark on a
“journey of salvation” to Liberia, which is
currently plagued with the virus and test the
efficacy of his cure.
He said, “Ighodalo has prescribed his solution to
Ebola virus: laying of hands in faith on those
afflicted with the incurable virus! He has, however,
failed woefully by biblical standards, by not
personally walking his talk: he should
demonstrate his faith!

“Let Ighodalo and his band of followers embark
on their ‘journey of salvation’ to Liberia and begin
to cure by laying their hands on those afflicted
with this virus. This is certainly a sure deal for
him and his followers, as their success will earn
them fame here on earth and a pride of place in
heaven.
“Until Ighodalo’s faith shows proof, may I request
he pulls down his post and stop teaching us this
nonsense?”
Another Nigerian, Ruona Meyer, said Ighodalo
should desist from further endangering lives with
his said Ebola cure.

“Pastor Ituah! Do you know that this (Ebola
outbreak) is so serious that Liberia made it
criminal to hide patients and refuse to report
Ebola cases? Why are you using your position to
say what can make others refuse to get the help
they need? I am disappointed,” she said.
Also, a self-employed businessman in Iboro,
Ogun State, Adegbenro Makinde warned that the
cure being propagated by the cleric was
misleading and capable of sending gullible
Nigerians to early graves.

Makinde stated that though God is reputed to be
“omnipotent and omniscient,” He demands that
human beings exercise their discretion on issues
as sensitive as the Ebola outbreak.
“Any human being that stretches his hand beyond
his protective range will not receive any direct
help from the Light. Jesus never jumped from the
cliff even with His authority and power over
death,” he said, warning Nigerians to be wary of
Ighodalo’s Ebola cure.

SOURCE-
www.punchng.com/news/outrage-as-lagos-pastor-boasts-of-ebola-cure/
Re: EBOLA- Lagos Pastor Boasts Of Ebola Cure by Nobody: 2:53pm On Jul 29, 2014
bloody criminal in robe!!!!!

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