According to a Daily Guide report, 3 Church of Pentecost
pastors were on Wednesday 8 October, 2014 killed as they indulged in their
usual routine before all night prayers.
The report alleged that the three pastors, smoked
marijuana on a daily basis as part of their spiritual practices , and
encouraged members of their church as well as friends and family to follow
their footsteps. In 2012, police records shows that one of the pastors was
arrested for possession of marijuana and released on bail following pleas from
the Church of Pentecost,
but surprisingly he was kept on to continue his duty
as the spiritual father of the local branch in Tema.
Police are currently investigating the issue as they believe
the marijuana smoked
by the pastors and some of their congregation may have been contaminated
with a ‘foreign’ substance.
Several church members are currently fighting for their
lives at the Tema Metropolitan hospital emergency rooms with life threatening
conditions after smoking the ‘holy ntampi’ before Wednesday night prayers.
“It’s a complete mess here. We’ve put five
church members in body bags since Wednesday night , our fear is that
more are going to follow. We are seeing heart attacks, memory loss, and
multiple organ failures.
By next week we are afraid the death toll could
go as high as 25, maybe 30. Someone needs to step in and stop this craziness.
Is that what goes on at the Church of Pentecost?” says Dr. Yaw Oti, hospital
administrator at Tema Metropolitan hospital.
One of the victims was 23 year old Theophilus Twumasi, a
third year student at Legon. Twumasi was partying with his friends on campus
when he suffered a massive heart attack which led to his untimely death.
The coroners report revealed that marijuana was the only
drug present in his system.
“This is just unbelievable. Theo went to see
the pastors for prayers on Sunday, I did not know they gave him drugs instead
of praying with him,” says his friend John.
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