Helen Ukpabio could be banned from the UK over fears she is a risk to youngsters

Helen Ukpabio could be banned from the
UK over fears she is a risk to youngsters
The UK is considering banning the founder of Liberty
Foundation Gospel Ministries and movie producer,
Evang. Helen Ukpabio, from the UK over fears she is a
risk to young people in the country.
From UK Daily Mail
A Nigerian 'witch-hunter' who claims any child
who cries is a 'servant of Satan' could be banned
from the UK following calls to Home Secretary
Theresa May that she is a risk to youngsters.
Campaigners are urging for Helen Ukpabio, known
as 'Lady Apostle', to be deported and banned
from returning to the UK on the grounds her
preaches are harmful to the public.
The born-again Christian Pentecostal preacher, who
founded the controversial African Evangelical
franchise Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries in
Nigeria, is thought to currently be in the UK.
It understood she flew into London where she has
been holding a number of church services to promote
her belief in witchcraft and offer help to those 'under
threat' from the wizardry.
A poster advertising one of Ms Ukpabio's most recent
talks – which was cancelled after the venue was
leaked online – claims to offer help to people who are
under 'witchcraft attack, ancestral spirit attack or
mermaid spirit attack' and claims to help
'disconnect' them.
However, campaigners have warned her controversial
views are dangerous to children – including the belief
that 'if a child under the age of two screams in the
night, cries and is always feverish with deteriorating
health, he or she is a servant of Satan'
The Witchcraft and Human Rights Information
Network (WHRIN), the Bar Human Rights Committee
of England and Wales and the International Humanist
and Ethical Union (IHEU) have now written to the
Home Secretary in an attempt to get Ms Ukpabio
deported under the Immigration Act 1971 - on the
grounds her presence here is not conducive to the
public good.
In a letter to Ms May, the campaigners warn: 'Whilst
the Government has moved swiftly to block entry to
the UK for Islamic preachers whose presence is
considered as harmful to the public good, there have
been no cases of Christian pastors facing such
measures.'
The groups are hoping the pastor will be banned
from returning to the UK once she has completed her
final tour.
Gary Foxcroft, of the WHRIN said Ms Ukpabio was one
of a number of preachers who regularly travelled to
the UK.
He told the Independent: 'The fundamental problem
is that churches need to be regulated. Anyone can
set up a church tomorrow in their own garden shed
with no commitment to child protection or making
their accounts transparent or any theological
training.'
Bob Churchill, of the IHEU, also told the newspaper:
'It is important that the UK authorities send a
message to the world that branding children, or
anyone, as a witch is beyond the pale.'