Primate of the Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide, The Rev.Rufus Ositelu, has asked Nigerians to stop attacking pastors for not being able to heal Coronavirus patients insisting that it is only God who heals, not pastors.
The Aladura leader who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) emphatically said while pastors can pray, “Jesus Christ is the divine healer”.
“It is wrong to ascribe the power of miracles and healing to pastors and as such blame them for not performing healing at this time,” he said.
Ositelu observed that pastors who claimed to have “powers to heal” diseases have been at the receiving end of jokes by Nigerians.
“Many have dismissed ‘Men of God’ as mere charlatans, questioning why they had not shown up at hospitals and quarantine centres where coronavirus patients are being treated to heal them,” he said.
Ositelu added that clerics were mortals and instruments who had no power of their own but rely on God.
He, however, advised Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters and charlatans trying to capitalize on the global pandemic to perpetrate fraud.
Ositelu urged Nigerians to eradicate fear, remain calm and respect government directives as the world awaits a breakthrough in the search for COVID-19 cure.
