A popular prophet, Anthony Nwoko, has allegedly been murdered in cold blood in Enugu.
Until recently, Nwoko was a close ally of leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who prayed for him and the group.
Daily Sun gathered that the man of God, believed to be in his late
60s, was reportedly killed by unknown assailants last Sunday night at
his apartment located at No. 18 Ezebinugwu Street, beside Bright Land
International School, Ugbene 2, in the Trans-Ekulu-Abakpa axis of Enugu.
Nwoko had lived alone, so, it was said that his death became known
when a neighbour noticed that the door of his apartment had remained
open; peeped in and saw the man in the pool of his blood.
The attention of the caretaker of the compound was called, who immediately alerted the police, who responded to the scene.
No official report has come from the Enugu State Police Command,
but Daily Sun learnt that they had initially arrested occupants of the
compound.
Before his death, Nwoko had taken to social media, particularly
Facebook, to speak about his relationship with Kanu which, according to
him, went sour after the IPOB leader made him relocate from Lagos to
Enugu only to abandon him.
His last posts on Facebook were at about 1:40pm on April 14, where
he uploaded various online reports of his views on Biafra agitation,
including video clips from Kpakpando TV.
He had in press conferences on January 8 and March 18, 2019,
respectively, accused Kanu and some other pro-Biafra campaigners of
turning the agitation into a money-making
Nwoko had raised the alarm that he was receiving death threats from
members of the IPOB over his bribery allegations against their leader
Kanu.
The cleric had claimed that Kanu not only collected huge sums of
monies as bribe from the presidential candidate of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the February 23
election, but planned to return to Nigeria to “consolidate on his Biafra propaganda if Atiku had won”.
“They have been calling me with different lines, making
different phone calls, threatening my life. They are calling me fake
because I stand by the truth. I went to Kuje prison to pray for Nnamdi
Kanu and the next court case he was released.
“I went to Affara-Ukwu to tell him the way forward; he did not
listen. Many people are not listening to the voice of God and they want
me to be that way. Prophet Nwoko says no. I will never compromise.
“Even if they kill me, I will return with the light of heaven. I
am not afraid of the people of the world. I am telling Uche Mefor and
IPOB to stop threatening my life. Let me put this straight to everyone: I
am ready to die standing by the truth because that is why Jesus Christ
came for.
“If everybody will keep quiet, this nation will be destroyed.
If everybody will keep quiet, Biafra will not come. Let people know the
truth.”
Nwoko hailed from Umuahia in Abia state.
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Source: Sun News
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