AWKA, ANAMBRA – Governor Chukwuma Soludo has issued a stinging challenge to self-proclaimed miracle workers in Anambra State, daring them to visit the state’s teaching hospital to heal the sick rather than exploiting the public.
Speaking at the All Knights Day celebration at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral in Awka on Sunday, May 10, the Governor revealed that the state government has already commenced the arrest of several “fake pastors and bishops.”
The Amaku Challenge
Soludo, visibly frustrated by the rise of deceptive religious practices, pointed to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (Amaku) as the ultimate testing ground for those claiming divine powers.
“Whoever wants to perform a miracle should come to Amaku Hospital,” the Governor declared. “There are many people there who need healing. Why do they only perform miracles in their churches where they can stage-manage them?”
Crackdown and Confessions
The Governor confirmed that security agencies have already taken several high-profile religious figures into custody. According to Soludo, many of these individuals have already begun to confess to their fraudulent activities while in detention.
“We have arrested fake pastors and bishops. They are in our custody and they are confessing,” he stated, warning that the state will no longer tolerate the exploitation of its citizens through spiritual deceit.
War on Noise Pollution
Beyond the crackdown on fraudulent miracles, Governor Soludo also announced a strict ban on the use of megaphones by preachers in markets and public squares. Citing the need to curb noise pollution, he directed that all religious activities be confined to designated church buildings or open fields.
The Governor criticized what he termed the “Gospel of Salvation without the Cross,” arguing that the promise of overnight wealth and miracles without labor is destroying the moral fabric and work ethic of the state.
The announcement has sent shockwaves through the religious community in Anambra, with many citizens praising the move as a necessary step toward sanitizing the state’s spiritual landscape.
