‘Prophet’ Abraham Chol Kush arrested overnight by joint security forces

JUBA – South Sudan’s controversial cleric Pastor Abraham Chol Kush who claimed in a video posted on social media last week that a new president was going to take over the country on July 9, 2021 – the day South Sudan is scheduled to celebrate its 10^th independence anniversary – has been arrested by members of joint security forces deployed to the capital ahead of independence celebration, a family source has said.

The family source who requested not to be identified said security forces came to the house of Abraham Chol who claims to be a ‘King’ and ‘son of Adam, son of God’ and knocked the gate and then broke in after several minutes when none of the people inside the house including Chol opened the gate.

“At exactly 11:00PM on Thursday, we were sitting inside the fence with Pastor Abraham and some cars came full off soldiers and they knocked the door. For us, we knew that there were going to be repercussions for the statements of the man of God, so we refused to open the door for the security forces,” the family source said.

“So, after several minutes, because we don’t want to open the door, they broke the gate and they entered and they took him away. Abraham knew that they are going to take him because of the comments he has been making in the last few days and Abraham finished an interview with someone who also asked him about his prophesy on President Salva Kiir and the new present,” the family member said.

In June, the controversial man of God who claimed to be a prophet said “that the time of the current President H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit and his Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and all movements who are fighting for power in South Sudan has finished and it is a time for a new president who is a young man to take over.”

He went on to that this year’s independence celebrations were going to involve two big events for the country “farewell to H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit and Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and thanksgiving for their good service to the nation for the last 37 years of struggle, reception, and welcoming of the new young president for the Republic of South Sudan.”