The Anambra state government says it would investigate Prophet Onyeze Jesus, a clergyman who recently went viral for filming his followers naked while performing what is believed to be a money ritual.
Don Adinuba, the state commissioner for information and public enlightenment, issued a statement on Monday faulting what he termed “criminal conduct” disguised as religion.
The controversial pastor was recently spotted in a now-viral clip spraying his ritual clients with a wad of N50 notes while filming them bathing naked in a local stream.
It is understood that he asked them not to look back as they bathed naked while claiming that the ritual process would make them rich straight away.
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Onyeze, who is based in Nkpor, Idemili North LGA, also claims to magically better the economic status of his adherents.
“Onyeze Jesus promotes superstition and strife in society. By telling his gullible and brainwashed followers that their misfortune is caused by family members, relatives, friends, and business associates.
“Through magical powers, he is fomenting serious troubles and instigating eternal enmity in various places and businesses. Some of these troubles can lead to physical fights, bodily injuries, and even deaths.
“By throwing naira notes into the river as part of his sacrifice to the river goddess, filming it, and distributing the film to the whole world, he has brought Anambra state into global ridicule and committed a criminal offense.
“Burning or destroying the naira through any means is an offence criminalized by the Central Bank of Nigeria Act of 2007, and the offender is liable to imprisonment.
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