Ghanaian fanatic prophesies end of the world
“”What God has intended to do, is what will come to pass. Destruction shall come to the world on the 11th day of the 11th month in the 11th year and on the 11th hour””—Says Ghanaian self-proclaimed prophet Peter Anamoah
If the words of a Ghanaian self-proclaimed prophet Peter Anamoah, are to be taken seriously, the only safe place on earth Friday (November 11, 2011) will be a small village near Bolgatanga in Ghana’s Upper East region, some 801km north of the capital, Accra. The rest of the world will to be destroyed by God.
Mr Anamoah has not given the form that the world’s destruction will take.
It does, however, look like not many people were taking him seriously because apart from members of the congregation of the Makara Church of which he is the founder, the rest of the population were going about their lives without any fears.
Like many before him, Anamoah, who styles himself the ‘Prophet to the Nations’, has managed to convince his followers about the impending doom and some have left their jobs to follow him to Bolgatanga to await the end of the world.
One of those followers, Mr Peter Asiedu, a technician with his own business in Accra, told the Africa Review: “I have told my family to join me, but they do not want to follow me because they think ‘Prophet’ Anamoah’s prediction would not come to pass.”
“Some of my friends claim they have heard such predictions in the past and nothing happened. But for those of us who belong to the Makara Church, we know how God is using ‘Prophet’ Anamoah and believe that he has heard the word of God,” Mr Asiedu added.
Their dismay
In the streets of Accra and other urban centres, life had not been affected in any way. What had been the concern of many was the influence that this ‘Prophet’ had on members of his congregation to do his bidding without question.
Some concerned relatives of ‘Prophet’ Anamoah’s followers expressed their dismay. Mr Ebenezer Tenkorang, an uncle of a church member called Mr Bernard Owiredu, told the independent Daily Guide newspaper that his nephew, who is a university graduate, was able to convince his siblings to flee with him to Bolgatanga.
“The whole family is worried. We saw a change of attitude in my nephew after his wedding five months ago. He started behaving strangely. All the efforts to make him see reason have proved futile.
Mr Tenkorang reported this behaviour to the police and appealed to both the government and religious organisations for help.
“They must do something about it before it gets out of hand. The prophet is poisoning the congregation.”
Since November 7, the Makara Church had been running adverts in the media warning the public about God’s decision to destroy the world. Because of that, there had been a great deal of media interest in ‘Prophet’ Anamoh, though the man had refused to answer any calls.
The adverts read: “What God has intended to do, is what will come to pass. Destruction shall come to the world on the 11th day of the 11th month in the 11th year and on the 11th hour. This destruction
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‘Prophet’ Anamoah claimed in the adverts that the “most powerful nations around the world were declaring safety, but all these would come to naught as God was prepared to destroy the world on Friday.”
He went on: “It is possible for one to prepare and escape this destruction that is about to strike the world.”
The adverts also referred the public to 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5:3 of the Bible and said: “Do not let anybody deceive you when they say peace and safety are traceable to the church. If so, why are the churches busily praying for peace all over?”
Most of the people interviewed dismissed ‘Prophet’ Anamoah’s prediction and saw him as either confused or seeking public attention.
“This ‘Prophet’ Anamoah is one of those people who come to confuse people. We have seen several of his kind in the country and it is important that the government put in place some machinery to control these so-called men of God, who only succeed to destroy people who follow them,” noted one skeptic.
Attempts by the Africa Review to speak to ‘Prophet’ Anamoah on the advertised phone numbers were unsuccessful. Even his website; http://www.prophetpeteranamoh.com, which was also advertised, led to nowhere after several attempts to access it.
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