Death has been announced of Israella Bushiri, a daughter to leader of Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG), Prophet Shepherd Bushiri who was battling lung infection.

Bushiri confirmed of the sad development on his official Facebook page.

Last month, Israella was blocked by government from travelling to Kenya to seek medical help as instructed by her doctors, but was later allowed to go after public outcry and courts intervention.

“It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing on of my daughter, Israella Bushiri,” Bushiri said.

According to Bushiri, he was gifted Israella at the time him and his wife were going through “great persecution” adding that it was his desire to see his daughter grow and follow his footsteps to serve the Lord, however, it has pleased God to take her back.

“Israella was born during a time when my wife and I were going through great persecution, and she has lived her life witnessing what it means to fight and labor for the Lord despite trials and battles,” he added.

Describing his daughter, Bushiri said she was a strong young girl who loved to worship and serve God despite her age “she was brilliant in her speech and possessed a divine Excellency in the way she spoke and even tackled her studies.”

He continued; “Today, all those that encountered her testify that they felt a certain special aura that oozed divinity. She was a walking angel. In our darkest moments she gave us light and in our lowest moments, she lifted our spirits. I am grateful to God to have fathered an angel of such spirit and beauty. She will always be my little girl.”

The broken father added that it is sad that his daughter was subjected to and became of victim of persecution that he and his wife face in South Africa.

“When I spoke to the Doctor, he highlighted that if she had not been blocked at the airport the first time she needed to travel to Kenya for medical assistance, she wouldn’t have passed on,” he said.

“It is very disheartening and sad, therefore, that my daughter has become a victim of the persecutions that we are facing from South Africa.”

He then said that Israella will not be mourned but rather celebrated as a saint she was saying that he do not believe that the devil could have taken the life of his daughter.

Bushiri has therefore asked people to help his family in celebrating the life of Israella.

May her soul rest in Peace.