MFM Denies Media Report That An Elderly Woman Died During Church Programme

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has debunked claims that an elderly woman died during a church programme at its Prayer City in Ogun State.

The said woman was at Prayer City for a service on November 2 looking feeble, Collins Edomaruse, spokesman of the church’s General Overseer Daniel Olukoya, said in a statement on Thursday.

He said the woman was first taken to the clinic within the church premises before being rushed to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) in Sagamu.

Edomaruse added that the case was reported at the Ibafo Police Station the following morning.

He noted that the OOUTH, after the woman’s death, acknowledged that the church was a public place and commended the MFM for “it has shown enough duty of care by rushing the sick person to the hospital. But some sections of the media had falsely reported that the woman had collapsed and died in the church.”

The statement quoted the matron at the Prayer City Clinic, Bisi Adewumi, as saying that the deceased was “brought in to the clinic on the 2nd of November 2023, around 5.30 p.m. as an emergency case from the auditorium during Thursday evening service.

“On physical observation inside an ambulance, we recorded pallor+++…that she was pale (short of blood).

“She looked cachexia and emaciated, hence blood pressure was quickly checked inside the ambulance; result: B/P71/55 P115, Temp 36. oc, because of the pallor+++ that requires immediate blood.

“The ambulance driver and a nurse were instructed to rush her to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, where urgent intervention and investigations could be carried out.

“The report received from the nurse at the teaching hospital indicated that the deceased was attended to in the ambulance as an emergency for preliminary investigations.

“She later gave up there and her remains were deposited at the morgue of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital.”

Edomaruse added that the ministry may not be able to ascertain the medical situation of everyone who comes into its vicinity but provides care to anyone in need of medical attention.