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Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, was detained by NDLEA agents at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, while en route to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, after discovering 54 sticks of narcotics wrapped around his body.

On March 7, 2022, during the external clearing of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft to Nairobi via Addis Ababa, the young and popular preacher was detained.

READ ALSO: ‘False Teaching’ – Reactions As Reno Omokri Claims Asking God For Money Is Pointless

The General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church operates his church headquarters at Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu Road, Awka, Anambra State, and two more branches in Lagos and Abuja.

Throughout an initial inquiry, the pastor admitted to carrying that amount of illegal material on him for usage during his three-week crusade in Kenya. 54 sticks found on him tested positive for cannabis.

Here are some of the reactions elicited from Nigerians;

house_of_maani_dc wrote; Did you just say church general overseer😩🥺God have mercy upon we humans 😓

alexiss_euro_ wrote; Pastor Escoba 😂

officialdanielrolland had this to say: Just imagine, self person condemning drugs during sermon🤦🏻

iamjezzbrown noted; I understand you need to be high in the presence of the most high😩

In other news, famous Nigerian author Reno Omokri has gotten on the nerves of tweeps after he shared a fresh nugget concerning requests people make from God.

According to Reno, the act of asking God for money is pointless. He backed his reasons with some instances from Bible.

He claimed that God is above money and money is just like any physical substance that exists on earth. He stated emphatically that Jesus Christ never touched money and Judas was always the carrier of His money.

Reno believes the only thing Christians can afford to request from God is wisdom and that’s the only thing that exists in heaven. He urged Christians to ask God for wisdom when they go on their knees to pray so that they can transform their wisdom into money.

Taking to the microblogging platform, he wrote;

Asking God for money is futile. Money only exists on Earth. God is above money! Even Christ never used His Hand to touch money. Judas held His money for Him. What exists in heaven is wisdom. So, ask God for wisdom. Then convert wisdom into ideas that produce money

Again, he added that there is nowhere in the Bible where Christ touched the money. Reno, quoting a scripture from the Holy Book, said that Jesus asked the Pharisees to show him a denarius and never asked them to give it to them.

God is not interested in our money, but our time, Reno concluded.

If you read Scripture from cover to cover, you never find even one instance where Christ physically touched money. In Luke 20:24, He told the Pharisees “show me a denarius”. He did not ask them to ‘give me a denarius’. God is interested in our time, not out money!