President Rodrigo Duterte said he believed that his friend Pastor Apollo Quiboloy was able to stop one of the major earthquakes that hit Mindanao in October 2019, GMA News reported.
Duterte added that Quiboloy’s gesture could be a big help for government to go after corrupt officials.
“I believe in Pastor Quiboloy when he said that ‘stop’. Eh, kung nag-stop, eh ‘di what’s the trouble? Stop it! Eh kung nagkataon talagang nag-stop,” Duterte said.
“If I can only have that power doon sa mga kurakot na stop kasi alam mo dito ang Pilipino hindi mo talaga madala sa pakiusap,” he added.
Quiboloy, in a video, said the public should be grateful to him for “stopping” one of the earthquakes which hit Mindanao late October.
“Ako’y umiinom lang ng kape eh, lumilindol. Sinabi ko, ‘lindol huminto ka!’ Huminto,” said Quiboloy, the leader of the religious sect called the Kingdom of Jesus Christ who calls himself the “appointed Son of God.”
“Pasalamat kayo sa ‘kin, pasalamat kayo sa ‘kin. Kasi kung ‘di ko pina-stop ‘yun, marami kayong magigiba diyan. Mamamatay kayo. Kaya pasalamat kayo ako ang nagpa-stop ng lindol,” he also said.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Mindanao on October 29 leaving at least eight people dead.
The quake’s epicenter was in Tulunan, Cotabato, which was once again struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake two days later.
The latest update showed 16 people have died because of the two earthquakes.
