Prophet T. B. Joshua has responded to the collapse
of one of his church building saying that Boko
Haram may be responsible for the collapse of a six-
storey building in the church premises.
Joshua, who told members of his church on Sunday
not to be afraid, said the attack was targeted at him
and not at them. The prophet made it clear that the
collapse of the six-storey building at around
11.45am on Friday which led to the death of no
fewer than 40 persons was a Boko Haram attack.
“I received a phone call immediately I got here, just
10 minutes later when I was in the church, that
there was a jet hovering over the mountain where I
had just left. They said it was hovering at a close
range. Before I knew it, I received another phone
call that the same jet was now at the church
hovering over the building, passing it four times at
a very close range before the building collapsed.”
Joshua buttressed his claim by showing to his
congregation on the Emmanuel TV the chronology
of events shortly before and after the accident as
captured by the church’s CCTV.
Joshua read a letter which he said was addressed to
him by a Boko Haram member, confessing how he
had attempted to plant a bomb inside the church.
Joshua said his church was being attacked to scare
away members.
“This environment at Ikotun Egbe, we have never
witnessed an accident of a building collapse. This
is a very stable terrain. I have been here for the
past 30 years. I am pregnant with words, but we
have left the security agencies to do their job...”
Assuring his congregation that God would bring the
perpetrators of the attack to book, Joshua said that
the decision of the insurgents to focus on his church
might be the end of the Boko Haram’s activities in
the country. He said:
“I know you will ask why the church? It is because
of the spiritual blessings that God has bestowed
upon us. A big head wears a large hat.
“Don’t forget about the Ebola issue too, it was God
that rescued the church. Probably they would have
dropped an Ebola patient inside the church, so that
they would said, ‘there is an Ebola patient in the
church, don’t go there.’
“They are trying to scare you from coming to
church. Don’t be scared, you are not the target,
I’m the target. I know my time has not yet come. I
have not yet finished my job.
“I want to assure you that our God will get back at
them and you will know when he gets back to them.
May be this would be the end of the whole thing.”
Two female children, aged four and eight years,
were among those rescued from the collapsed
building.
