of Trinity House church, Ituah Ighodalo, was
credited as saying he has found a solution to
the deadly Ebola disease and that Ebola
victims should not seek medical attention.
Ighodalo has denied saying this, insisting he
was misquoted.
Below is a statement he released yesterday
"It has come to our attention a story
published by the Punch newspaper written by
one Temitayo Famutimi in response to a post
on our official Facebook page. The original
story was a message of hope and faith
reminding us of the ever living words of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and
reaffirming our belief that ‘with God all
things are possible’ , using the John Lake
testimony and written to encourage us never
to cease praying no matter what we or the
world may be going through."
Nowhere in the said story did Pastor Ighodalo
make claims that he had found a solution or
that “only God’s anointing and the living
words of Jesus” were all that were needed
for the Ebola disease or that people should
not seek medical help and attention. Continue
In no way did the story suggest for people to
act irresponsibly with regards to any medical
emergency including the Ebola virus. The
headline of the story and its contents were
clearly written with sensationalism in mind.
In the spirit of good journalism the reporter
should have made attempts to contact the
church to verify his story. This negates the
practice of professional journalism, which we
would have expected from a leading
newspaper such as Punch. We sympathise
with those who have lost loved ones to the
disease and indeed most other diseases
ravaging our world including AIDs, Cancer
and Malaria and our prayer is that as the
medical world continues to look for a
solution to the disease and that our God will
provide succour and encouragement to all
the innocent people going through this
trauma and do that, which only He can do”.
the statement read
Below is what Ighodalo wrote on his
Facebook page...
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