Police arrest church founder in Calabar for allegedly blinding a teenager with a punch

The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a self-styled prophet, David Nyong Okon, after he allegedly punched a teenage girl, causing her to lose her sight. 

Okon is the founder of The God of A Stainless Hand International and The Land Of Settlement Fellowship, also known as ‘Isong Utip Abasi Afia Ubok,’ which translates to “the land of reward from God’s clean hands” in Efik. He is currently in police custody. 

According to Cross River Watch, the victim, Godsgift Edem Edet, who is reported to be 19 years old, is recovering at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) after a surgical procedure failed to repair the damage allegedly inflicted by Okon on Saturday, May 31, 2025. 

“She was standing at the exit of The Home restaurant at Obame Ikoya Street next to Calabar Municipal Council Secretariat when the prophet drove recklessly, prompting her and her friend to query why. She asked her friend who approached them what happened in a language that infuriated him (Nyong) and he proceeded to punch her. He wanted to leave but was held back by youths who insisted he should take her for treatment,” a source close to the family told the publication. 

‘’He eventually took her, after much delay, to a pharmacy along Marian (Ndidem Usang-Iso) road, and when they couldn’t handle it, he reluctantly took her to UCTH where he was rude to those on duty and abandoned her for two weeks until he was arrested last weekend,” the source added.

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