Pastor charges $700 fee to ‘take people to heaven’
Pastor Ade Abraham says God showed him the location
An evangelist is in trouble after telling people he knows of a gate leading to heaven from south-western Nigeria that he can show them, for a fee.
Pastor Ade Abraham was reported to Police by one of his followers, who said the pastor had charged him 310,000 naira ($750; £600) to see the supposed site in Araromi-Ugbeshi town, Ekiti state.
The cleric admitted to the BBC that he had made the statement about heaven’s gate, saying it was “the God he serves” who revealed it to him to try the faith of his church members, but says he has not received any payment.
The Christian Association of Nigeria has released a statement disowning Pastor Ade Abraham, and Ekiti state Police have collected written statements from members of his chur...