Prophet Nana Kofi Yirenkyi, popularly known as Jesus Onetouch, is in good health and living a normal life after he intended to commit suicide in prison, Mr Courage Akyem, spokesperson for the Ghana Prisons Service has said. The prophet is reported to have told journalists who visited the Nsawam Medium Security Prison - where he is serving a ten-year sentence for incest - that he wanted to starve himself to death during the first week of his stay in the prison. He decided to do so because he dreaded life in prison, according to the Ghanaian Times newspaper, but changed his mind after the prison authorities “engaged me in a series of counseling”. In an interview with Peace FM, the spokesperson for the Prisons Service said people have different ways of dealing with situations and in his case, Jesus Onetouch thought of suicide as the best option left for him when he first stepped into prison. But the ‘man of God’ was saved when he accepted the counselling he received at the diagnosis center of the prison. The centre is tasked with studying and interacting with newly admitted prisoners before they are classified into their various cells. Mr Akyem added that authorities of the prison are very much aware that prisoners may contemplate suicide and have therefore ensured that instruments that can be used to facilitate such an idea are not available in the prisons. That is why he [Jesus Onetouch] said he would have starved himself to death, he emphasised. “ …so here, what he would have done would have been to reduce eating whatever food that was given to him and continue starving [himself] until his death.” “…he is in good health, …he is happy and going about his normal daily life in the prison,” Mr Akyem added. Story by Dorcas Efe Mensah/myjoyonline.com/Ghana