Case file · Apparition / miracle
Garrick Braide, 'Elijah II' of the Niger Delta
From 1915 the Anglican lay preacher Garrick Sokari Braide drew huge crowds at Bakana in the Niger Delta with healings and calls to destroy shrines and give up alcohol.
1915 CE · 4.75, 6.95 · status: account
The account
Followers called him Elijah II. Colonial authorities, worried by falling gin revenue and his influence, arrested him in 1916. His movement fed the later independent churches of southern Nigeria.