“Hundreds of Ugandans have entered Ethiopia through southern Ethiopia, claiming that the end of the world is approaching, and Ethiopia is the only safe place,” Meles Alem, the spokesperson of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told journalists, according to Monitor.

Meles revealed that the Ugandan nationals are currently residing in Yangatom locality in Ethiopia’s South which borders neighboring Kenya.

The Ugandans who belong to the sect called Christ Disciples Church (CDC) reportedly started fleeing to Ethiopia last month.

It is not yet clear if the Ugandan sect members crossed borders to Ethiopia via Kenya or South Sudan borders.

Earlier this month, authorities in Uganda said that they were investigating a religious sect called CDC with its base in Obululum village in the eastern Uganda district of Serere.

“We started the investigations after getting information that people were being trafficked to Ethiopia since February and it is going on till today,” area police spokesperson Oscar Ogeca told Monitor.

The people, who number in the hundreds, were told by their leaders to flee to Ethiopia where they would be safe.

They were convinced that they should go and spread the gospel in Ethiopia.

“The leadership of the church allegedly convinced their members that God had a plan for them to go and spread the gospel in Ethiopia, an idea many seem to have accepted” Ogeca added.

The Ethiopian government has not yet decided on how to deal with the Ugandan nationals who reportedly entered the country illegally.