Controversial Ghanaian pastor, Bishop Daniel Obinim, has gone viral on social media for his latest stunt in church – The 41-year-old pastor during one of his church service revealed his plan to fly to heaven and attempted to in the presence of his congregation

Daniel Obinim, also known as Bishop Obinim or Angel Obinim (b. 29 August, 1977), is a Ghanaian pastor known for self-proclaimed spiritual powers and extreme Christian practices which have often sparked national outrage for infringement on rights of church members. Many have accused him of being a bogus preacher. Obinim is the Head Pastor of the International Godsway Ministries.

Despite Pastor Obinim assuring his members of returning, they begged him to stop because it wasn’t yet time for him to ‘abandon’ them and supposedly go back to heaven to continue his angel duties.! They must miss him in heaven.

Reports reveal that Obinim is well known for his self-proclaimed spiritual powers in which he uses to capture the attention of his thousands of church members scattered in different branches across Ghana. He is the founder and head pastor of International Godsway Ministries, where he once declared that he is an angel and added the title to his name.

No wonder, recently, he went viral after a video emerged online. In it, Angel Obinim, was desirous of going back home to heaven but was stopped by his members who begged the angel to remain on earth with them. watch the

Despite Pastor Obinim assuring his members of returning, they begged him to stop because it wasn’t yet time for him to ‘abandon’ them and supposedly go back to heaven to continue his angel duties. Wawu! They must miss him in heaven.

Meanwhile, a famous Ghanaian counselor recently opined that King James bible version is only for transgenders. George Lutterodt cautioned Christians against reading it, insisting that the version is compiled primarily for wrongdoers.

In 2014 Obinim was seen on television stepping on the belly of a woman in a “deliverance” ritual.This led the Amnesty International in Ghana to call for his prosecution for assault. Daniel Obinim has made several public controversial declarations.

He declared he was an angel, which led to the name “Angel Obinim” given to him by his church. He also seemed to have conjured a passport for a church member who lost his. In 2016, he told his church he could transform himself and others into objects and animals. Jon Benjamin, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, ridiculed him for these claims over Twitter.

Obinim in August 2016 publicly flogged two teenagers, one of whom was pregnant, on live television, accusing them of fornicating and conspiring to abort a pregnancy, leading to public outcry, after the video also went viral on social media. Ghana’s Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection Nana Oye Lithur herself led a campaign for his arrest, by lodging a complaint to the Ghana Police Service Domestic Violence and Victims’ Support Unit (DOVVSU). He was subsequently arrested.