Rev. Prophet Dr. Hungbenu Michael Olusegun, Founder of Celestrial Deliverance Church of Christ (CDCC) WW, has strongly condemned ongoing xenophobic attacks, killings, beatings, and forced expulsions of fellow Africans in South Africa, describing the acts as “totally unfair, barbaric, and unacceptable among people who call themselves brothers.”
In a press release issued on April 25, 2026, the cleric decried similar hostilities reportedly taking place in Ghana and Togo, where he said some African nationals are being harassed, imprisoned, and chased away. “Does this act fit us as Africans? Where is the unity we preach?” he asked.
On what he termed “ingratitude to history,” Rev. Olusegun recalled that several African countries stood with South Africa during apartheid. “History records that several African countries stood with South Africa during the dark days of apartheid. Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and others sacrificed resources, opened their doors, and fought for your freedom. Is this how South Africa repays that brotherhood? The world is watching. Generations are keeping records.”
Addressing what he called “economic truth,” he said no nation grows its economy in isolation. “Without strangers, without trade, without the movement of skills and labor, no country prospers. Foreign nationals contribute to your markets, your schools, your churches, and your workforce. Chasing them away is chasing away growth.”
The CDCC founder challenged the South African government on its responsibility, stating, “Will the South African Government claim it has no hand in this evil? Silence in the face of bloodshed is complicity.” He called on President Cyril Ramaphosa and all African Heads of State “to stand up now against any system that brings division among us,” adding that “Africa cannot afford to be our own enemy when the West has kept us in chains for centuries.”
On what he described as the “spirit of envy and division,” Rev. Olusegun asked, “Why are we killing ourselves because of envy and jealousy? We are still slaves to the West economically and mentally, yet we turn our anger on each other. When will Africa be free if brother turns against brother? If today African countries are sending their brothers home out of their land, how safe are we? Individually, no African nation can stand on its own.”
Issuing what he called “a prophetic warning and call to repentance,” the cleric said, “By the grace of God, it is not far off. A day will come when South Africa and its people will cry for help. They will look to heaven and to their African brothers for rescue. Let us wait and see how God Almighty will respond when those who rejected help now seek it. But it is not my wish that it comes to that. Let us stop this nonsense now and let there be peace.”
He also addressed Africans in the diaspora, urging respect for host countries. “To all African brothers and sisters seeking green pastures in another man’s land: What is the problem? Why can you not respect your host country? Respect the landowners, respect their laws, respect their culture. Where is your fear of God? Where is the respect for your own nation that you represent abroad? You cannot be in another man’s land and behave without restraint. Please respect yourself so we can all live in peace.”
Rev. Olusegun stressed that “the God of Africa is not happy when brothers shed each other’s blood,” adding, “There is no Africa without each other. We need Ghana as much as we need Nigeria. We need South Africa as much as we need Kenya. We need Togo as much as we need Cameroon.”
He called on the African Union, ECOWAS, SADC, and all religious leaders “to speak with one voice” and “condemn this evil and take action before it consumes us all.”
The statement concluded, “Enough is enough. Let peace reign.”
