Lagos - At least three people were killed when a building
linked to one of the country's most famous preachers and
televangelists collapsed in Lagos, the National Emergency
Management Agency said Friday .
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said
the building -- thought to be a guesthouse for foreign
members of TB Joshua's The Synagogue Church of All
Nations (SCOAN) -- came down in the city's Ikotun area.
"We have three dead. Scores of others are still trapped.
Eighteen were rescued alive and have been taken to various
hospitals," NEMA's southwest coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye
told AFP from the scene.
TB Joshua, dubbed "The Prophet", has an almost fanatical
following among many Nigerians and others across the
world, who are attracted by his purported healing powers
and prophecies.
Joshua preaches to massive crowds at his megachurch in
Ikotun every week and according to his website, SCOAN
"hosts thousands of national and international visitors" each
year.
"People travel from around the world to witness and receive
from the mighty work that God is doing in the life of
Prophet TB Joshua," it states.
Farinloye said NEMA rescuers were joined by their
counterparts from the Lagos State government, local police,
civil defence forces and building control officials.
Construction work had apparently started to add extra
storeys onto the two-storey building inside the church
compound when the collapse happened, he added.
There was no immediate word about the identity of those
who died and those trapped. SCOAN did not respond to AFP
when asked for comment.
Farinloye and an AFP photographer at the scene said
security officials attached to the church tried to prevent
rescue workers and the media from accessing the site.
"They were attacking responders," Farinloye said, while the
photographer said television crews had their cameras
broken.

source: m.news24.com/nigeria/National/News/At-least-3-dead-in-building-on-TB-Joshuas-ground-NEMA-20140912

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Last edited 15 Sep 2014

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