Nigerian faith healer TB Joshua has reportedly sent 4,000 bottles of his holy water to Sierra Leone, as part of an aid package.
A private jet that cost $50,000 took the water and a donation of the same size to the country, he said before ministering to foreign visitors on his phone-based ‘Prayer Line’ service according to the Nigerian DailyPost.
The preacher, also known as Temitope Joshua, was one of five millionaire Nigerian pastors profiled by Forbes in 2011. The magazine estimated his net worth at $10 million to $15 million.
The anointing water, which Joshua claims can also heal problems including infertility and tumours. It is distributed through his church, the Synagogue Church of All Nations, which is based in the Nigerian capital Lagos and holds meetings online and on the phone.
Joshua runs meetings on his TV channel and on the phone. Source: Facebook/TB Joshua
Joshua’s website claims that the anointing water has been sent to nations around the world — including the USA, UK, Greece, India, Pakistan, Russia and Ukraine — and helped the “sick, afflicted and oppressed”. He is planning to bring the water to the UK in December.
The news comes as universities in the UK are put on alert to be ready for a potential outbreak of the Ebola virus when the new term starts in September, and aid groups acknowledge that the true death toll is unknown.
Many of the sick are being hidden at home by their relatives, because they are too fearful of going to Ebola treatment centres, officials have said.
Culled from Independent (UK)
