Pastor TB Joshua Says Plane Hovering Over Synagogue Caused Building To Collapse

 According to a new report by Premium Times, the Founder and General Overseer of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, has linked the collapse of an uncompleted Guest House owned by his church to a “strange aircraft”.

TB Joshua said the "strange aircraft" hovered around the building for 30 minutes before its collapse. The clergyman spoke just as emergency officials told this newspaper that 17 people died in the incident while 123 others were evacuated alive and rushed to hospital.

Briefing journalists, on Saturday, the pastor played a CCTV footage of a flying aircraft to back his claim.

In the footage, a plane was seen flying over the collapsed guest house at four different times on Friday morning — 11: 30 a.m, 11: 43 a.m, 11:45 a.m and 11: 54 a.m. The ‎building collapsed at 12:44 p.m Friday afternoon.

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The authenticity of the footage could not be verified and it remains unclear whether there is indeed a relationship between the flying aircraft and the collapse of the building. But in his speech, Mr. Joshua insisted the aircraft, which flew past almost an hour before the incident, was responsible for the collapse of the building. The pastor said he was the target of the attack.

TB Joshua told reporters:

“Immediately I left the prayer room (which is a 10-minute drive form the church) for the church, I got a call that a jet was hovering over the prayer room but as I finished bathing and moved to the prayer room, I got another call that the jet has moved to the church and that was it. Members cannot be the target, the easier way to stop this church is to get the head and from my explanation, you know the truth,”Mr. Joshua said.

 Mr. Joshua called on security agents to study the CCTV footage as they investigate the incident. He promised to speak further on the incident during service on Sunday.

“Service will hold tomorrow and I will state my position tomorrow in service, you can watch it live on Emmanuel TV,” he said. 

He also apologised ‎to the press following the hostile treatment of journalists by members of his church. “We are very sorry on their behalf, our members are not hostile. The Bible is our standard. Even the Bible today, without the press, it cannot be accessible to many. Our members have respect for the press. When we fight the press, we are fighting Emmanuel TV. They value you people.”