these are excerpt of his article. He begins by telling us “The following report has been compiled from several sources: (1) from pastor Daniel Ekechukwu himself be means of personal discussions.”.. (2) from his personal written testimony contained in his own self-published booklet which he gave me,”... (3) from listening to his public testimony on September 13th at The Chapel of Glory, Lagos, Nigeria, (4) from the documentary video produced and sold by the ministry of Christ for all Nations,.. and (5)”Ede Samuel, a long-time friend and now personal assistant to pastor Daniel, who also was an eye-witness of many of the events surrounding Daniel’s death and resurrection. The events described in the following report are factual to the best of my knowledge and memory.”

“As he was driving home that evening, the brakes on his 20-year old Mercedes 230E failed.”

However in the official report it says “On the morning of November 30th 2001” http://www.impact.surfcity.org.au/key_speaker.html

“In the morning of November 30th 2001, Daniel Ekechukwu” http://www.cfan.org/offices/usa/testimonies/resurrection/page1.htm

“In the morning of November 30th 2001” Report by George Canty http://www.worldchristians.org/main/nigeriareport.htm

The story has only the basics framed together, and some unique details -- a few big details: “Daniel was not able to remove himself from his car, but frantic on-lookers pulled him out. One bystander volunteered her car while another bystander offered to drive him to St. Charles Borromeo Hospital, not far away on the outskirts of Onitsha”.

“Within minutes of their arrival at the hospital, a doctor began administering emergency treatment, but Daniel knew his body was not responding to it.” This makes his condition much more serious than what is stated in any of the other articles.

“Daniel’s friend, Ede Samuel (whom I interviewed at length) was with her and essentially witnessed everything that transpired over the next three days.”

We now have some very different details in the story; Ede Samuel (unless he has an alias) is not mentioned in any other account, yet he is a witness to everything for three days. I have only heard of Kingsley Ikuru his friend who traveled with him not Samuel Ide, whose he? We also find a bystander offered to drive him to St. Charles Borromeo Hospital near Onitsha. The other stories tell us it was an ambulance.

When his wife comes to the hospital “Upon seeing Daniel in critical condition when she arrived at St. Charles Borromeo hospital, Daniel’s wife burst into tears, begging her husband not to die and leave her. The doctor admitted that there was nothing he could do to save Daniel’s life (keep in mind this was a Third World hospital), and so Daniel requested that he be transferred by ambulance to Umezuruike Hospital at Owerri, where his family doctor practiced.”

“When the ambulance arrived at Umezurike Hospital with Daniel’s body, it was now late at night (Friday, November 30th), and Daniel’s family doctor was not there. A member of the medical staff, however, examined his body and sadly told Nneka that her husband was dead and there was nothing that could be done.”

If this was one and a half hours away the time element is certainly confusing. All the official stories say it was in the morning of the accident except for this interview.

So they drove to the Federal Medical Center in Owerri, but found no doctor there either. “Finally they drove to the Eunice Clinic, and there Daniel was confirmed to be dead by Doctor Josse Annebunwa. There was no breathing, no heartbeat or pulse, and Daniel’s pupils were fixed. The doctor said that there was nothing he could do. A death certificate was issued at 11:30 P.M., November 30, 2001.”

Here is where the details of the story are unique.
“The next morning, when the mortician attempted to cut Daniel’s inner thigh in order to insert a tube by which he could inject more embalming fluid, he experienced a strange shock that pushed him away from the corpse. This did not surprise him, as he had experienced similar forces before and attributed them to occult powers ... After a second attempt and a second shock, he concluded that Daniel must have been a member of a powerful secret society. He assumed, however, that after some occult sacrifices and incantations the powers in the corpse would subside, and he could then complete his work. (This mortician, of course, was not a Christian, but converted after Daniel’s resurrection.) Incidentally, Daniel said that people could smell the embalming chemicals coming out of his body for two weeks after his resurrection. They would hug him and hold their noses!”

What becomes questionable is his wife's story of bringing him to the anointing where Bonnke is. This was not done by faith but by instruction through a dream in which she saw the face of her husband. He asks her why they had left him in the mortuary. He stated that he was not dead and that she should take him to Onitsha where German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke was preaching.” What are we to make of this. The whole point of this story is that he would be brought to where Bonnke was and resurrected by the anointing. The stories says this, the angel says this, but now we have Daniel who says otherwise to his wife. Kingsley the passenger of the car was interviewed by Igwe ( excerpts are below) who states he said “Nneka, had a dream and was instructed to take Daniel’s body to the Rev. Bonnke, who was then visiting Onitsha for prayers. Kingsley said that he had had a similar dream.” So here we have a clear case of the dead contacting the living and instructing them. I don't know what story is worse, this, or the rich mans prayer being answered. Either way they are both unbiblical. Whether this was a dream or vision it does not matter she is being contacted by someone who is dead. And He is saying hes not dead. So who is right? After all she did bring him to Bonnke, so she must have believed this dream or vision to be accurate.

What makes this more perplexing is that CfAN mentions no dream or vision which is a crucial part of the story if it took place. Just another small detail we can put on the shelf.

This all seems to coincide with Bonnke's statement on on Kenneth Copeland's program Aug.19,2002 on LeSea broadcasting. Bonkke was a guest talking about this video and said as his wife dozed off she saw a vision of some type and her husband spoke except this dream he says “don't allow me to be buried, I will rise.” Again another confusing detail with the forbidden practice of necromancy operating. (Deut 18:10-12) forbids this practice).

Federal agents were at the church Bonnnke was preaching at because of threats. “...The security guards would not allow the casket to be brought onto church grounds, thinking it might actually contain explosives. Daniel’s wife loudly pleaded with them, and opened the casket to show them her dead husband, which resulted in their mocking and even flogging her because of her persistence. She caused such a disturbance that the senior pastor was notified, and his son instructed that Daniel’s wife be permitted to bring his body to the church without the casket, and that it be placed in the basement.”

For example “the State security officer and the ushers saw them entering with a coffin and ordered them to turn round and leave immediately. Nneka however was determined, she pleaded and persisted not only for the coffin to be allowed in the church compound but brought into the church itself...Finding only a pallid corpse he allowed them to proceed.” (Impact also Reported by George Canty http://www.worldchristians.org/main/nigeriareport.htm).

“There pastors lifted Ekechukwu from the coffin in which he had been laid, and were amazed when the man started to breathe again.” (http://www.pechurchnet.co.za/news/news/n220318.htm)

“The body was taken out of its coffin and put on a table in the church's conference center, where several pastors began to pray.” http://www.charismanews.com/online/articledisplay.pl?ArticleID=5466. 

Implication is that the coffin is in the church and he was in it.

In Kirkwoods interview it states this of Daniels trip to hell “The escorting angel told pastor Daniel, “If your record is to be called here, you will in no doubt be thrown into hell.” Pastor Daniel immediately defended himself saying, “I am a man of God! I serve Him with all my heart!” But a Bible immediately appeared in the angel’s hand, and it was opened to Matthew 5 where Jesus warned that if one calls his brother a fool he is guilty enough to go into the hell of fire (see Matt. 5:21-22). Pastor Daniel knew he was guilty for the angry words spoken to his wife. The angel also reminded him that Jesus promised that God will not forgive our sins if we do not forgive others (see Matt. 6:14-15) because we will reap what we have sown. Only those who are merciful will obtain mercy (Matt 5:7). The angel told Daniel that the prayers he prayed as he was dying in the hospital were of no effect, because he refused to forgive his wife even when she attempted to reconcile on the morning of his fatal accident.”

Is saying you’re a man of God a correct Christian response? Would you not be saying, “I believe in the gospel and Christ died for my sins therefore I’m promised not to go to hell” be a more accurate Christian response. Maybe I’m being a bit to dogmatic on this, maybe I’m not. ask yourself, since when do people in hell get a second chance for forgiveness? That is what the angel is saying, he is guilty and his prayers before he died were of no effect because of unforgiveness. This is another gospel. We can by all merits say one can have another chance after death according to this angel that gave Daniel his revelation of both heaven and hell.

Pastor Daniel began to weep “but the angel told him not to cry, because God was going to send him back to the earth to grant the rich man’s request (see Luke 16:27-30). A man would come back from the dead and warn people of hell. The angel said that Daniel’s resurrection would serve as a sign and be the last warning for this generation.” This sounds quite strange to first say he is unforgiven and then he is appointed to be one of the greatest messengers of our time, a man who cam back from the dead to tell people a revelation. The Bible has Jesus say no sign will be given to them except the sign of Jonah; HIS own resurrection. The Bible does not speak of other resurrections being a sign to the a last days generation.

In the CBN interview with Bonnke we are told basically the same thing

Leo Igwe is the director of the Center for Inquiry-Nigeria, and the secretary of the Nigerian Humanist Movement. He is a strong skeptic and has been a long-time critic of German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. Nonetheless his story needs to be heard. If true there is more to this story than meets the print on the page. Since we have already found so many disagreements and contradictions it should not be surprising to hear what Igwe says. For the whole article go to: http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/aah/igwe_11_3.htm

He states “on March 6th I was in the southern Nigeria City of Onitsha to investigate this resurrection. He waited for hours until he could speak to a pastor at the church. Pastor Barth met him and refused to discuss the resurrection with him. He was asked to wait until the pastor in charge arrived.

Igwe seems to have arrived at the same conclusions that anyone who thinks would .

These are good rational questions which may or may not have answers. If this story is going to be told as an accurate event to bring people to believe in God our savior those who are telling it need to get their facts right. In this I'm very dissapointed.

*for the whole article of Igwe's go to: http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/aah/igwe_11_3.htm