A Kenyan pastor and founder of Bishop Climate
Ministries in Camberwell District, South London,
United Kingdom, Climate Irungu Wiseman, is
currently under investigation for selling an oil he
claims could protect members against
Coronavirus, Independent UK reports.
Wiseman, who sold the bottle of the oil at £91
(N40,950) each, was accused of exploiting the
public by selling the so-called “plague protection”
kits consisting of oil and red yarn.
A post by Bishop Climate Irungu Wiseman read;
“It is by faith that you can be saved from the
Coronavirus pandemic by covering yourself with
the Divine Plague Protection Oil and wearing the
Scarlet Yarn on your body.”
Bishop Climate had claimed in a post on March
21 that he was “instructed” by the Lord to
prepare an oil “mixed with cedar wood, hyssop,
and prayer” for the pandemic.
He said; “As you use this oil, along with a special
scarlet yarn, every Coronavirus and any other
deadly thing will pass over you.”
The Kenyan Pastor further claimed that his
product has worked before and will work again.
Another page on the group’s website suggested
followers could pay up to £910 for “sacrificial
seed of divine protection” for their family.
The charities regulator has now launched an
urgent probe into the Camberwell church over its
sale of the oil it claimed could protect from
Coronavirus.
A spokesperson for the agency said; “We are
looking into the serious concern about Kingdom
Church GB’s alleged sale of false COVID-19
protection devices as a matter of urgency.
“We have opened a regulatory compliance case
to assess the matter and will be liaising as
appropriate with other agencies.”
Southwark Council also confirmed that the
church was being investigated over the products.
Councillor Victoria Mills said in a statement; “It is
wrong for anyone to exploit people’s fears at this
time of high anxiety and we encourage people to
report any issues like this to London Trading
Standards.
“This particular issue is already under
investigation by our teams. There are many
scams relating to Covid-19 and the council will be
working hard to support consumers to be on
guard for bogus test kits, cures and treatments
and other financial scams.”
Defending himself, Bishop Wiseman said that he
has sold 1,000 of the kits but that the price tag
was only to cover the cost of ingredients,
packaging, and posting.
He added, “What is so wrong about putting into
practice what the Bible says.”
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