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Elliot Moyo's death, Twitter reacts
09 Apr 2019 at 09:42hrs | Views
Most social media users don't believe the reports, saying there could be yet another resurrection miracle on the way.
Several Zimbabwean news publications reported on Monday that Brighton Elliot Moyo had passed on following a short illness.
Elliot died last week in South Africa and was buried on Saturday.
The bona fides of these websites were difficult to establish, however.
An apparent relative who spoke to H-Metro claimed Elliot passed on three days after his stomach started swelling.
He is reportedly survived by his wife.
But people were not convinced about the news reports and took to social media to voice their doubts.
These were some of the comments on social media:
Elliot made headlines earlier this year after a video of him being resurrected at Alph Lukau's Alleluia Ministries International church emerged.
In the video, a woman shouted: "Pastor Alph, something is happening outside. There is a family that is about to bring a corpse to Zimbabwe, but they are saying something is happening, man of God.
"As the funeral parlour drove over the church door, their neighbour said it seemed like the fingers of this dead corpse were beginning to move," she added.
The pastor went outside, then asked the workers to take the coffin out of the hearse.
He asked the workers to open the coffin. He spoke to the deceased's older brother before the coffin was completely taken out of the hearse.
According to the deceased's landlord, the man had gotten sick and started "coughing a lot" on Friday.
"We took him to the hospital and they said they could not help him because he did not have papers, so we took him to the doctor and he died there," she claimed.
The family then took the body to the mortuary, where it was kept until Sunday.
Pastor Alph then asked the congregants to lift their hands and start praying.
"Rise up!" he shouted, before the man got up and sat in the coffin, looking confused, like a modern-day Lazarus.
In an episode of SABC actuality show Cutting Edge last month, allegations of fraud and deception emerged against the miracles industry in South Africa, particularly those involving Lukau.
Lukau and his lawyers have claimed that Elliot had been totally unknown to Lukau prior to the "miracle", though some individuals Cutting Edge interviewed alleged this was unlikely and that the man's family was apparently known to have worked with the church prior to Elliot's "resurrection".
The church allegedly preys on and recruits the poor, and immigrants in particular, with one person interviewed, Samantha Revesai, claiming she was asked to fake her HIV-positive status and play along with the ruse that she had been healed after supposedly living with the disease for three years.
She claimed the church had offered her payments of R1,500 per month to stick to the story. The church allegedly also created fraudulent medical paperwork using her name in an attempt to convince congregants that she'd gone from being HIV positive to negative.
There are only two documented cases in human history of people with HIV being cured. Neither of them was Revesai.
"I was not [HIV] positive. I was never positive."
She claimed she hadn't even known this was going to be done on her behalf, but she'd played along anyway.
Blessing Kwemelao claimed to have recruited people such as Revesai to be part of Lukau's "miracles", with his recruits allegedly then trained to act as though they had various disabilities that could be healed, or to play along that they'd been cured of disease, including cancer.
Kwemelao admitted he had worked as part of three to four teams to find people to allegedly take part in staged miracles. He said that, due to his strong build, he had helped to carry actors with fake disabilities and had given people stage cues during services for when they should come forward to claim they'd been healed.
Elliot's timber yard employer, Vincent Amoretti, repeated allegations that he had heard his employee had previously done "stunts" with the church.
"From what I can understand, his wife, sister and aunt work with the pastor (Alph Lukau). And that's how he got in."
Cutting Edge also visited Elliot's residence in Nellmapius, east of Pretoria, where they found a community divided about the resurrection video, with most of the individuals they found saying they were not convinced.
An anonymous person who claimed to know both Elliot – apparently a father of two – and his wife, claimed the church had tried to get her to act in a stunt for the church, doing something involving rats or snakes tucked into her clothes. These creatures were allegedly to emerge at the appropriate time during a service.
"Grace", one of Elliot's claimed church friends from Nellmapius, told the show that people agreeing to act as "cripples" could be paid R3,500 each.
"They don't want South Africans … they want Zimbabweans because they're untraceable."
Elliot's friend "Paul" claimed he'd last seen the resurrected man on February 21, a day before he allegedly died.
"He never died. He was also never sick. He left on Thursday," Paul said. "They only act to get paid and make ends meet."
Cutting Edge could find no documentation or testimony from a medical professional as evidence that Elliot had ever been officially declared dead, which would have been a necessity if his lifeless body had indeed spent three days in any mortuary as claimed.
The Kings and Queens Funeral Service company repeated their protestation that their hearse had been used under false pretences. The Black Phoenix Funeral Parlour also distanced themselves from the whole affair.
According to Elliot's friends, he has probably fled the country and gone back to Zimbabwe.
Several Zimbabwean news publications reported on Monday that Brighton Elliot Moyo had passed on following a short illness.
Elliot died last week in South Africa and was buried on Saturday.
The bona fides of these websites were difficult to establish, however.
An apparent relative who spoke to H-Metro claimed Elliot passed on three days after his stomach started swelling.
He is reportedly survived by his wife.
But people were not convinced about the news reports and took to social media to voice their doubts.
These were some of the comments on social media:
Is this confirmed @larry_moyo ? pic.twitter.com/Ae6HVYtoFn
— Mathanda (@MathandaNcube) April 8, 2019
Elliot never dies....😅😅😅
— Xoli (@isinm) April 8, 2019
Did you saw Elliot mr Lukau? He's dead again.
— Tsoaledi Vi3h 😏 (@Tsoaledi1) April 8, 2019
So, did Lukau's Elliot really die this time?
— TiCCCh Ray (@TichRay) April 8, 2019
If he he did then that would be a very curious case. And a highly suspicious one too
Zimbabwean media is reporting that Brighton Elliot Moyo has died again. 💔
— Scapegoat (@AndiMakinana) April 8, 2019
Sooo im hearing Elliot has died again, not too sure if we r gonna hv another #Resurrection or he is surely gone...inini hangu ndoda kuenda kumariro acho incase it happens again pic.twitter.com/AHPaJR8h6v
— Main-Bae waMonalisa (@muniaradzie) April 8, 2019
This elliot guy is a die hard he will probably wake up again pic.twitter.com/WhFbs2DoF0
— 💓Polotso_wa_Mokone💓 (@IamLeRoux) April 8, 2019
Elliot we're tired of your jokes bro 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/hTsWcrj6vm
— Senator69🍼 Tutu 🇿🇼🤴🏿 (@4our_Zw) April 8, 2019
Pastor Alph Lukau's Resurrected "Elliot" Dies
— Zim Observer (@JaydenGuma) April 8, 2019
Brighton Elliot Moyo, the Zimbabwean man who made headlines across the world in February when he was ‘resurrected' from the dead in controversial circumstances by Alph Lukau, has died. pic.twitter.com/aYqFchRbl0
Rest in Peace Brighton Elliot Moyo.
— Mpfumba Immanuel (@AbdulJude4) April 8, 2019
Unfortunately this time around there is no resurrection...death is real..
Rest in Peace Brighton Elliot Moyo.
— Mpfumba Immanuel (@AbdulJude4) April 8, 2019
Unfortunately this time around there is no resurrection...death is real..
Shock As Man ‘Resurrected' By Alph Lukau Dies AGAIN… No Resurrection This Time
— Jubril of Sudan till 2023 (@ijaola_ibrahim) April 8, 2019
According to reports, the man who was "raised from the dead" by South African prophet, Pastor Alph Lukau back in February has died.
Brighton ‘Elliot' Moyo .
Lesson : Never joke with God!! pic.twitter.com/ryadfBKdEw
Well if it's not fake news then its a pure tragedy. https://t.co/Bpx4fJdXUT
— 🖤💚💛 (@SibanengMabhena) April 8, 2019
Is this true Bathong. RIP Elliot Brighton Moyo.
— Kaila Eric DTM2 (@EricKaila) April 8, 2019
Elliot made headlines earlier this year after a video of him being resurrected at Alph Lukau's Alleluia Ministries International church emerged.
In the video, a woman shouted: "Pastor Alph, something is happening outside. There is a family that is about to bring a corpse to Zimbabwe, but they are saying something is happening, man of God.
"As the funeral parlour drove over the church door, their neighbour said it seemed like the fingers of this dead corpse were beginning to move," she added.
The pastor went outside, then asked the workers to take the coffin out of the hearse.
He asked the workers to open the coffin. He spoke to the deceased's older brother before the coffin was completely taken out of the hearse.
According to the deceased's landlord, the man had gotten sick and started "coughing a lot" on Friday.
"We took him to the hospital and they said they could not help him because he did not have papers, so we took him to the doctor and he died there," she claimed.
The family then took the body to the mortuary, where it was kept until Sunday.
Pastor Alph then asked the congregants to lift their hands and start praying.
"Rise up!" he shouted, before the man got up and sat in the coffin, looking confused, like a modern-day Lazarus.
In an episode of SABC actuality show Cutting Edge last month, allegations of fraud and deception emerged against the miracles industry in South Africa, particularly those involving Lukau.
Lukau and his lawyers have claimed that Elliot had been totally unknown to Lukau prior to the "miracle", though some individuals Cutting Edge interviewed alleged this was unlikely and that the man's family was apparently known to have worked with the church prior to Elliot's "resurrection".
The church allegedly preys on and recruits the poor, and immigrants in particular, with one person interviewed, Samantha Revesai, claiming she was asked to fake her HIV-positive status and play along with the ruse that she had been healed after supposedly living with the disease for three years.
She claimed the church had offered her payments of R1,500 per month to stick to the story. The church allegedly also created fraudulent medical paperwork using her name in an attempt to convince congregants that she'd gone from being HIV positive to negative.
There are only two documented cases in human history of people with HIV being cured. Neither of them was Revesai.
"I was not [HIV] positive. I was never positive."
She claimed she hadn't even known this was going to be done on her behalf, but she'd played along anyway.
Blessing Kwemelao claimed to have recruited people such as Revesai to be part of Lukau's "miracles", with his recruits allegedly then trained to act as though they had various disabilities that could be healed, or to play along that they'd been cured of disease, including cancer.
Kwemelao admitted he had worked as part of three to four teams to find people to allegedly take part in staged miracles. He said that, due to his strong build, he had helped to carry actors with fake disabilities and had given people stage cues during services for when they should come forward to claim they'd been healed.
Elliot's timber yard employer, Vincent Amoretti, repeated allegations that he had heard his employee had previously done "stunts" with the church.
"From what I can understand, his wife, sister and aunt work with the pastor (Alph Lukau). And that's how he got in."
Cutting Edge also visited Elliot's residence in Nellmapius, east of Pretoria, where they found a community divided about the resurrection video, with most of the individuals they found saying they were not convinced.
An anonymous person who claimed to know both Elliot – apparently a father of two – and his wife, claimed the church had tried to get her to act in a stunt for the church, doing something involving rats or snakes tucked into her clothes. These creatures were allegedly to emerge at the appropriate time during a service.
"Grace", one of Elliot's claimed church friends from Nellmapius, told the show that people agreeing to act as "cripples" could be paid R3,500 each.
"They don't want South Africans … they want Zimbabweans because they're untraceable."
Elliot's friend "Paul" claimed he'd last seen the resurrected man on February 21, a day before he allegedly died.
"He never died. He was also never sick. He left on Thursday," Paul said. "They only act to get paid and make ends meet."
Cutting Edge could find no documentation or testimony from a medical professional as evidence that Elliot had ever been officially declared dead, which would have been a necessity if his lifeless body had indeed spent three days in any mortuary as claimed.
The Kings and Queens Funeral Service company repeated their protestation that their hearse had been used under false pretences. The Black Phoenix Funeral Parlour also distanced themselves from the whole affair.
According to Elliot's friends, he has probably fled the country and gone back to Zimbabwe.
Source - Citizen
