Prophet Miracle, the senior pastor of a Port Hacourt-based church, Dynamic Flame of Fire Ministries, has denied allegations against him that he brutalised one Glorious Abel, who works with the Rivers State Television.
Abel had alleged that the prophet, who sent a 38 minutes programme to him for airing on RSTV, was angry when he discovered that he cut part it.
The Operations Director of RSTV said he couldn’t use the full broadcast of the prophet to enable programmes to air.
Abel further said while the programme was on, the prophet tried to reach him but could not get through because he had blocked him following previous cases which he describes as a disturbance.
He said the prophet used his aide’s numbers to call him out of the office but he replied that it was too late for him to go out because it was past 10 pm.
He continued, “While I was inside doing my job, I heard another knock. When I got there saw one of our security staff who told me that the acting General Manager of RSTV asked him to pick something from the reception stand.
“I told him to show me what he wanted so that I can give it to him. But he insisted that I should open the office that the acting GM asked him to pick something inside. Immediately I opened the gate, I saw the pastor who came down from his car with some armed security men. They hit me with their gun and beat me up.
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“As you can see, my face is swollen. They held me on the floor and beat me up. If I show you my back you will see scars. Then they took me to an unknown destination. The experience was terrible.”
However, Prophet Miracle squashed the allegations levelled against him.
The cleric in a statement by his lawyer, Henry Ekine, said the Dynamic Flame of Fire Ministries which his client pastors have been one of the regular clients of the TV station for over seven years.
He said his client had visited the station on a faithful day and stumbled on a fight between Mr Abel and a security fighting.
“He, Senior Prophet U. O. Miracle, drove down to the main block of RSTV and he met Glorious Abel engaged in a serious fight with a security man who had inflicted those whip injuries on him.
He, (Miracle), immediately intervened to separate the fighting colleagues. His security men who went with him also joined him and they eventually stopped the fight.
“He even sustained an injury on his right wrist. Then he inquired about the cause of their fight. It was a matter of accusation and cross-accusation of stealing of property of RSTV. The security man said he had always been accused of stealing and he has now caught Abel stealing, while he (Abel) also accused the security man of stealing diesel.
“That this false allegation has maliciously defamed him, maligned his esteemed reputation, injured the image of the church and pitched him against the public and law enforcement agencies.
“He agrees that assault, brutality, torture, cruelty and all forms of inhumane treatments are condemnable, and he has never and will never indulge in such unlawful behaviour. He is certainly considering appropriate legal options against anyone who further maligns or disparages his reputation and the image of the Church,” he said.
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