Controversial Ugandan pastor, Augustine Yiga who was arrested and jailed after saying that coronavirus is just a ‘common flu’, has died.
The pastor of the Revival Church in Kawaala, Kampala popularly known as Abizaayo, died on Monday, October 26, at Nsambya hospital where he was admitted after being diagnosed with liver complications.
His body arrived at the church on Saturday afternoon, October 31. He will be buried on Sunday next to his mother. According to his will, Yiga decreed that he should be buried with a TV Screen that shall be on 24/7 broadcasting his favourite station, ABS TV.
His death comes five months after he was arrested for allegedly uttering false information and spreading harmful propaganda in relation to the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), See video below;
Workers in the 'Jesus Industry' have started dismissing COVID-19. Lockdown has hit them hard. "Abizayo" Augustine Yiga, Founder of a Church & Proprietor of ABS TV looks straight in the camera and declares Coronavirus to be flu we have been suffering from.#Twerwaneko pic.twitter.com/CZnM55HuSp
— Ronald Muhinda (@RonaldMuhinda) March 28, 2020