Corona Daily 445: Cameroon’s Miracle Healer

39 year old Frankline Ndifor, the pastor from Cameroon, is better known as Prophet Frank. In the 2018 elections, he was a presidential candidate. His popularity, though, is based on his miraculous healing powers. He founded the Kingship International Ministries Church. Cameroon’s Christian believers flock to the church to listen to him and seek his blessings.

Since March he had been on his toes, protecting people from Covid-19. Everyday a long line of followers queued up outside his home, waiting for the great man to bless and protect them. He would shut his eyes and place his hands on the person kneeling in front of him. His magical hand was the vaccine and the drug. If flights were still operating, Donald Trump might have invited him to the White House.

In the month of May, without any announcement, the prophet stopped seeing people. The worshippers coming to his house were sent back, disappointed.

Early morning on 16 May, Doctor Gaelle Nnanga was asked to visit his house. He found God’s man gasping for breath. Prophet Frank was in agony, displaying all the symptoms of Covid-19. In ten minutes he died.

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The family and the hundreds of followers dismissed the doctor’s verdict. Prophet Frank was only 39, and known for administering divine cure. He had gone on a spiritual retreat with God. The family told the doctor the pastor would be resurrected in a day or two.

Crowds gathered outside his house and began praying and singing. The singing was broadcast on Douala’s radio stations. Douala is Cameroon’s largest city and the commercial capital. Prophet Frank lived and died here. The city’s governor called the family to offer his condolences. The family asked him not to worry; the pastor would certainly get resurrected. Just give us 48 hours, let him rest in bed for two days, they said, and he will be back in action.

The governor, apparently, was not a spiritual man. He sent a large team of police in what are known as riot vehicles. When reason failed, the police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. The Gendarmerie entered the barricaded house by force, along with the disinfection and intervention team from the Covid centre. When everyone ran away, medical staff wearing protective gear took the body of the prophet and buried it in front of his residence.

Prophet Frank leaves behind him a large number of followers who may have become infected. The Governor of Doulala has urged all of them to rush to the local hospital and get tested.

Ravi