{"id":832798,"date":"2025-03-09T13:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T18:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/prayers-dont-cure-cancer-betty-akeredolu-blames-spiritual-healing-for-husbands-death\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T13:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T18:12:30","slug":"prayers-dont-cure-cancer-betty-akeredolu-blames-spiritual-healing-for-husbands-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/prayers-dont-cure-cancer-betty-akeredolu-blames-spiritual-healing-for-husbands-death\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPrayers don\u2019t cure cancer\u201d \u2013 Betty Akeredolu blames spiritual healing for husband\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div role=\"main\" id=\"content\">\n<article id=\"the-post\">\n<div>\n<figure><img width=\"710\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/politicsnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Late-Rotimi-Akeredolu-and-Bette-Akeredolu.png\" alt data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3059756322\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Betty Akeredolu, widow of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has revealed that her husband\u2019s reliance on spiritual interventions instead of medical treatment contributed to his untimely death from cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Star News, she criticized the faith-based approach he adopted, dismissing the notion that cancer could be attributed to supernatural forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot pray away breast cancer or any cancer at all\u2014quote me! Cancer progresses over time and in four stages. Climbing mountains or performing rituals is simply a waste of time while cancer cells are multiplying,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Betty, a zoologist and strong advocate for science-based health solutions, condemned the use of so-called \u201cblessed\u201d items like handkerchiefs, water, and olive oil in place of medical intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Aketi had listened to me, I wouldn\u2019t be a widow,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n<p>She urged Nigerians to prioritize early detection and medical treatment, warning against seeking healing from pastors or spiritualists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA pastor is not a doctor; he understands nothing about cancer. He can only pray, and prayers don\u2019t cure cancer,\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/politicsnigeria.com\/prayers-dont-cure-cancer-betty-akeredolu-blames-spiritual-healing-for-husbands-death\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betty Akeredolu, widow of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has revealed that her husband\u2019s reliance on spiritual interventions instead of medical treatment contributed to his untimely death from cancer. In an interview with Star News, she criticized the faith-based approach he adopted, dismissing the notion that cancer could be attributed to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":832799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640,31562],"tags":[6172,7917],"class_list":{"0":"post-832798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dont","8":"category-prayers","9":"tag-dont","10":"tag-prayers"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}