Deacon dies while preaching against ritual killing in Ogun (video)
A deacon at Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Onikoko, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has died after slumping during a service. On Sunday, April 3, Ogunnusi was preaching against the "get-rich-quick" mentality when the incident occurred. After the deacon, who is also the Baale of Onikoko, a hamlet near the Panseke district of Abeokuta metropolis, suddenly slumped with a microphone in his hand, the congregation was thrown into disarray. "The money you make by criminal means, killing people, drinking human blood; when death comes, it will belong to another individual," Ogunnusi remarked in Yoruba. When the deacon slumped, the interpreter was still trying to render the words in English. He was brought to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Daily Trust. According to a member of the congregation, “The man was not the pastor of that church, he was just an elder. He was the Baale of Onikoko. But h...