Collapse building: Prophet T B Joshua alleges attack on Church

Head of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T B Joshua, has alleged  that the collapse of a section of the church complex last Friday may have been caused by an attack on the Church.

According to him, the collapse goes beyond the allegation of structural defects, as have been variously speculated.

Speaking to journalists after a CCTV footage of events leading to the building collapse was shown to journalists at the church premises on Saturday, Prophet Joshua said a plane, which eyewitness swore was a military jet, had earlier began circling around his prayer ground, where he usually retreats to for spiritual upliftment a few distance from the church location as early as 10.00am.

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 sited 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.

According to some officials of the church and eye-witnesses, the building collapse looked very much like chemicalised demolition.

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, Prophet Joshua said he did not make any official statement Friday 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.