Nigeria: panic as pastor slumped and died in church

Congregants of the Living Faith Church in Nigeria are in a state of bewilderment after their resident pastor, 68, collapsed and died after a morning prayer program held at the church premises.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Church’s Associate Pastor, Edwin Okolo, confirmed the death in a statement.

He stated that the resident pastor was rushed to a specialist hospital but he was pronounced dead before arrival.

The body has been deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

The church, in a statement said they accept his death in good faith.