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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A prophetess, Edna Worleru, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment last week Thursday by a high court in Rivers State, is dead.<\/p>\n

She died while serving the jail term handed to her by Justice Adolphus Enebeli.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST had reported that the deceased, a prophetess with a church in Rumuche community in Emohua Local Government Area of the state was sentenced to life imprisonment for preparing a \u201cpoisonous\u201d substance in the name of love portion for one Onyema Bright to administer to her man-friend, late Isreal Georgewill who was also a prophet in another church in the community.<\/p>\n

The state prosecution council, Chidi Ekeh who confirmed the death of the prophetess on Monday, said she died last week Saturday after a brief illness.<\/p>\n

The lawyer, however, noted that the corpse of the deceased still remained the property of the Federal Government and may not be released to the family.<\/p>\n

He explained that \u201cShe was convicted on Thursday and by Friday she fell ill, they took her to the hospital, she didn\u2019t return from the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people are trying to see whether they can take the corpse from prison to go and bury, but unfortunately that\u2019s going to be an uphill task because she remains the property of the Federal Government. She hasn\u2019t been discharged, she will still serve her prison term even in death.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A prophetess, Edna Worleru, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment last week Thursday by a high court in Rivers State, is dead. She died while serving the jail term handed to her by Justice Adolphus Enebeli. 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