Popular prophet enmeshed in N500 million fake miracle scandal

The founder of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, a Christian ministry headquartered in Lagos State, Prophet Ebuka Obi, has been enmeshed in a fake miracle scandal aimed to convince members of his ministry to make monetary donations.

Penpushing reports that the popular self-acclaimed prophet, it is said during his Night of Open Heaven, a daily online prayer programme, prophesied that a certain lady called “Loveth” would soon receive God’s favour and celebrate.

The prophet was said to have claimed that God revealed to him he (God) had remembered Loveth, assuring and boasting in a circulated video on facebook that the prophecy will be played on the day of her testimony.

Penpushing further reports that a woman who identified herself as Loveth Aluu in February visited the ministry and claimed that Obi’s prophecy had manifested in her life, adding that her business was on the verge of collapse, but after the prophecy, it boomed, which resulted in her buying a mansion worth N500 million in the Lekki Area of Lagos State.

The woman in her testimony in a video clip, claimed that she witnessed a breakthrough after Obi, whom she calls “Daddy,” prophesied about her, stating that thereafter people started patronizing her in droves

“After daddy prophesied to me, things started happening. Money started dropping. I would just stay, and people would be ordering my goods. Zion is the best. This is the last bus stop. I have my evidence here’, she stated

Penpushing also reports that in the course of the testimony by the woman, the prophet asked for her evidence, and she then submitted a video clip of the mansion, which she claimed she bought with proceeds of her booming business due to the prophecy.

The prophet then started jubilating while members of the congregation danced and clapped in celebration, as the cleric told the congregants to see the mansion built by the young lady, and equally prayed fervently and asked the congregants to claim the miracle so that they could experience similar favour from God.

Penpushing reports that to the amazement of people, the same woman was sighted last week in Enugu selling bottled water and soft drinks in a small shop in the town, and in a circulated video on facebook, the lady acknowledged that she had falsely testified at the Zion ministry that she had purchased a mansion worth N500 million.

The sources said the lady was later arrested by Robo Consult, a construction and real estate firm that owns the mansion the lady had claimed she bought, as officials of the firm declared the woman’s testimony as entirely false, fraudulent and misleading.

Penpushing further reports that the company in a post accompanying the clip disclosed that the lady has been handed over to the police where she was been questioned as at the time of filing this report

The company stated that it is expected that the woman would open up, while a member of the company’s legal team, C. C. Ugadu, explained in the clip that, contrary to the woman’s claim, the mansion was located at WTC Estate in Enugu.

Penpushing also reports that Ugadu, who is a lawyer, added that the property was built by the company and was yet to be sold to anyone as of Sunday, explaining that apart from the woman, all the people involved in the scheme to mislead Nigerians would soon be prosecuted.

The staffer of the company, however, recalled that Aluu actually visited the mansion on the pretext that she had a client who desired to buy the property, adding that while while touring the building, she went around with a prospective client.

Penpushing reports that the female staff of the company said this was in accordance with what the woman told them, adding that after a few minutes, she requested to talk to the client in private.

“While touring the building, she went around with a prospective client, according to what she told us. After a few minutes, she requested to talk to the client in private. So we allowed her to talk to the client in the building for a few seconds. Unknown to us, she made a video of herself inside the building, claiming she had already paid for the building’, the staffer narrated.

Penpushing further reports that sources said in the course of interrogation, the woman was reported to have admitted that she falsely made the testimony at the ministry, confessing that she did not build the mansion as claimed, but in the process to buy it.

The controversial clergyman, accused of performing fake miracles however, during his Night of Open Heaven on Saturday, argued that the false testimony by the woman was not his making, and vowed that the ministry would track down the woman.

“Do I know her? Does any member know her? She came to testify the way hundreds of people come to testimony every day. So, if indeed the house she said she bought is fake, then she lied before God and his altar, not the ministry,” he stated.

Penpushing also reports that founder of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach claimed that an unnamed priest based in the South-East contracted some bloggers to circulate the allegation of fake miracles to blackmail his ministry.

The cleric argued that prophets do not always receive revelations, explaining why he failed to spot the woman as fake, adding that his legal team had submitted a petition to the police regarding the matter.

‘No prophet sees all the time. No prophet hears (from God) all the time. Even Elijah and Elisha, Caleb. The Spirit of God comes (at times). We want to know who sent her. We want to know who her sponsor is. We will follow the case to any length’, he stated.

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