Man who has been sleeping in a coffin for 40 years

A man in his eighties, Samuel Kogberegbe, the founder of Holy Michael Church of the Lord (Aladura), in Egbe, Lagos said he had slept in the coffin to remind himself of life’s vanity and that one day, he would die. His church’s 50th anniversary holds on Sunday, 3 June, 2012.

He said his action was also to teach Nigerians to be conscious about death and thus change their negative ways of life. “I believe that death is certain and I am going to end in that coffin,” he said.