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I never understand people�s desperation for spiritual remedies in their lives, a sort of miracle cure to all their ills in this world prescribed to them by a �man of God�. We after all, frown on cheating in any other endeavour of our lives. Yet people seek these spiritual means to give them an advantage over other people, whether for a job, or a husband, or any of those miracles these preachers advertise to us all the time. A woman in Nigeria found herself in deep anguish today after her actions led to the death of her two kids in Delta State. The Public Relations Officer of the Delta Police Command, revealed the details of the case in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria. The woman, 25 year old Ese Oghenevwe, confessed to the Police that she had given a liquid substance she received from church to her two children to drink. The substance was advertised as having healing powers and was sold to members of the congregation for 1,850 Naira (around $10) The two children, who died shortly after drinking this �holy water�, were aged nine months and two years. The Delta Police Command also announced that the pastor in question, one Apostle Austin Eduviere of Triumphant World International Church in Abraka, had also been arrested and he was assisting the police in their investigations. Interestingly, the Apostle told Police the substance was a mixture of water and salt which he sold for the healing of various sicknesses. Unfortunately, these kind of �quack� Men of God are all over the place these days, and as we can see�-not just in Ghana. They prey on the desperate and gullible to make fortunes for themselves, because you can be sure this Apostle has made a fortune out of selling his �holy water�. And since when did God start charging to display his omnipotent abilities? This young woman would now have to deal with the fact that her two children are dead because of her, for the rest of her life; all because she trusted the wrong person. The Police ought to get to the bottom of this matter and if any foreign substances are found in this �holy water� the Apostle must be drastically dealt with!