Head of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T B Joshua,
yesterday declared that the collapse of a section of the church complex,
which occurred Friday afternoon was beyond the allegation of structural
defects.
He said he may indeed have been the target of those behind the dastardly attack on the church.
Speaking to journalists after a CCTV footage of events leading to the
building collapse was shown to journalists at the church premises,
yesterday, Joshua said the helicopter, which eyewitness swore was a
military helicopter, had earlier begun circling around his prayer
ground, where he usually retreats to for spiritual upliftment a few
distance from the church location as early as 10am.
Not paying much attention to it, he said, he left the site and headed
for the church complex to freshen up, only to be notified that the plane
had also stopped circulating and headed towards the location of the
church. Not long after, he said, he also got a security report from his
officials that a ‘plane’ was sighted hovering over one of the buildings
in the complex.
He said the ‘plane’ circulated four times before the building suddenly collapsed at exactly 12.44 pm.
The video footage actually showed the plane hovering above the
five-storey building said to be an accommodation facility, first at
11.30, and then four times within three minutes. The helicopter then
came back again circled the building again and left. At exactly 12.44
when it looked like it was all over, the building suddenly came down,
collapsing all at once.
According to some officials of the church and eye-witnesses, the
building collapse looked very much like chemicalised demolition and may
yet be a new dimension in the terror onslaught that the country has
found itself.
Apologising for the hostile treatment said to have been meted out to the
media on the day of the incident by church members and security
operatives attached to the church, Joshua said the reason he did not
make any official statement on Friday was because he did not want to
create any panic or an impression that terrorists have invaded Lagos.
He also said that the video footage was there to corroborate his point,
while also declaring that if indeed it was a terrorist attack, the
perpetrators are not likely to stop with Friday’s incident.
Asked to comment on the number of casualties, the prophet simply said ‘rescue mission was still ongoing.’
One of the church officials, who craved anonymity, however, told this
reporter that nearly all the people in the building had been pulled out
and that “miraculously, nearly all survived”.
One of the NEMA officials on site was, however, overheard saying that about 17 deaths had been recorded, with about 119 injured.
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