Prophet Alph Lukau has found himself facing lawsuits after he “miraculously” raised a man from the dead.
WuzupNaija reports that the Prophet, who heads Alleluia Ministries International (AMI), had on Sunday 24th February 2019 allegedly raised a man from the dead. The deceased was said to have spent three days at a funeral home in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The “resurrection stunt” generated mixed humorous reactions on social media after a video of it went viral. However, three funeral homes in South Africa’s capital are not finding it funny, and have sued the prophet and his church.
The funeral homes claim the prophet made use of their hearse in the performance – a usage which has apparently caused the companies irreparable “reputational damage”.
The funeral parlours – Kings & Queens, Black Phoenix and Kingdom Blue – claimed they were tricked into aiding with the ceremony.
They argued that representatives from the church had misled and lied to them about the use of their services.
Kings and Queens Funerals issued a formal statement distancing themselves from the unholy ceremony, saying:
“As kings and Queens Funeral Services, we would like to distance ourselves from the supposed resurrection of a deceased man who allegedly was at our mortuary.
We were approached by alleged family members of the deceased who informed us they had encountered a dispute with a different funeral service provider and would like to use our transport services which we offered them.
We did not supply the coffin neither did we store the deceased at our mortuary and no paperwork was processed by Kings and Queens Funerals. As a Funeral Services Provider we do not offer services without documentation, neither do we repatriate bodies without any paperwork.
We are in the process of taking legal action for this malicious damage to our image.”
Black Phoenix Funerals also took to Facebook to deny that they had anything to do with the ‘resurrection’, saying:
“It has regrettably come to our attention that Black Phoenix Funerals has been purported to have sold a casket to Alleluia Ministries Church.
Black Phoenix Funerals would like to dissociate itself from any involvement in the matter. The code of ethics in the funeral industry does not allow for direct sales of coffins to the public and we adhere to these ethics.”
The blind hv seen
The lame have walked
The Deaf heard at AMI
And now the Dead are
ALIVE?
Unbelievable will say it is Staged
But believes know that GOD is strong and mighty with ALL POWER is in hand,What a Mighty God we serve….The God of Alph Lukau is too much ? pic.twitter.com/rYlHgEiEHn— Blessed..?? (@shemeni_) February 24, 2019
Video footage, which has since gone viral, depicts a man, purported to be deceased, being brought back to life in spectacular fashion by Prophet Alph Lukau. The church leader is surrounded by congregants and supporters when he ‘revives’ the man, who is clad in all-white, laying almost motionless in a coffin.
The publicity stunt has garnered disdain from the public and theologists who have accused Lukau of being a false prophet, performing staged ‘miracles’ in order to fleece his gullible believers of their hard-earned cash.
