Gilbert Deya claims to have annointed the oil, which costs £1.99 in the supermarket but he sells for £5
A self-proclaimed "Archbishop" is selling olive oil from Aldi as a miracle cure for cancer and HIV, it has been claimed.
Gilbert Deya, 63, a Kenyan preacher who calls himself the Archbishop of Peckham, is selling the £1.99 750ml budget supermarket product in his church shop in south London for £5, according to The Sun.
He claims to have "anointed" the oil and suggests that if used on food, it can make cancer "disappear"
Deya, who runs Gilbert Deya Ministries- which is said to have a UK membership of 36,000 - also claims that he can give infertile couples "miracle babies".
Gilbert Deya He has faced a ten-year battle against extradition to Kenya, having been accused of being involved in a baby-smuggling operation centred on a Nairobi slum hospital.
The former security guard has claimed he faces torture and inhuman and degrading treatment if sent back to the country, alleging that he is the victim of a political vendetta there.
Undercover reporters posed as a husband and his cancer-stricken wife to infiltrate Deya's church headquarters in a deprived area of Peckham, South London.
The pair were given a badly-spelled leaflet detailing its "mystical powers", including overcoming illness and debt.
One of his associates was then said to have rubbed oil into the woman's chest, declaring: "This is the start of your miracle."
She was pushed to the ground as the pastor shouted that the witchcraft must go.
Asked if he could help them conceive, Deya was alleged to have summoned four children he claimed were born to the same mother at six-monthly intervals as a result of his prayers.
His son Amos reportedly requested a £700 "sacrifice" to help them conceive a "miracle" baby and indicated he expected a huge donation when they had their child.
Deya runs his church from a large unit on an industrial estate on the edge of Peckham, where he also lives.
The Charity Commission is said to be investigating Gilbert Deya Ministries, which accounts show banked £865,620 in donations in 2014 and has another £1million in savings and £2million in properties.
Although Deya leads the church, he was removed from the charity's board in 2012 amid concerns at how it was being run.
In 2004, police raided Deya's Nairobi home and took nine children into protective custody. The Deyas claimed that all the children were theirs but DNA tests on Deya's wife Mary showed that six of them were unrelated to her.
In 2007, she was jailed for two years for stealing a child.
Deya was arrested in the UK in 2006. The Home Office said it "continues to consider representations" against extradition by his legal team.
He refused to comment on The Sun investigation saying he did not talk to "evil liars who are confused".
In 2014, he was cleared of raping and assaulting a woman follower.
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