Bangladesh, Jan. 2 -- Ghanaian police have arrested a self-proclaimed prophet who spent months warning followers of an imminent global flood and soliciting donations to build what he described as modern-day arks for human survival. The arrest of Evans Eshun, popularly known as Ebo Noah, has reignited a national debate over religious exploitation, misinformation, and the unchecked influence of charismatic figures operating outside formal religious institutions.

Eshun, 30, was detained on December 31 following weeks of public outrage after his predicted Christmas Day apocalypse failed to materialize. For much of 2025, he had claimed that God revealed to him a vision of a catastrophic flood that would engulf the world for three years, begin...