The Pastor who was
also a presidential candidate in the country's last presidential election, had
laid hands and prayed for the healing of some Coronavirus patients who turned
up at the premises of his Kingship International Ministries Church.
Dr Gaelle Nnanga who
was called to treat Ndifor after he started suffering severe respiratory
difficulties less than a week after falling ill with the virus, told Voice of
America that the Pastor died less than 10 minutes after receiving treatment.
Shortly after Pastor
Frankline Ndifor died, his supporters addressed him as a 'prophet' and blocked
entrance to his home in the capital city of Douala for eight hours on Saturday
as medical staff tried to retrieve his body.
The Governor of the
coastal region said a police force had to be deployed when supporters blocked
the entrance to his home and claimed the pastor was on a spiritual retreat with
God so could not be buried. They reportedly sang and prayed for his
resurrection throughout last weekend.
However after
security operatives gained entrance into the late Pastor's apartment, his
corpse was retrieved and buried in front of his residence by officials of
Cameroon’s COVID-19 response team.
One of the late
Pastor's followers, Rigobert Che confirmed that the "prophet" prayed
for him and several others diagnosed with COVID-19 last Wednesday. He said;
"This is a
pastor that has been laying hands [on the sick] and claiming that he cures
COVID-19.
"If you, the
person that claims that you are curing COVID-19, you are dead, what about the
fellow people that were affected by the COVID-19? Now that he is dead, I do not
know how the people that he was laying hands on will be healed."
Health officials are
now asking all those who came in contact with the pastor to report to hospitals
to be tested for COVID-19.
Ndifor came 7th out
of nine candidates in 2018's presidential election with 23,687 votes. There
have been 3,529 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and 140 deaths in Cameroon.
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