A few weeks ago I tweeted that I
would write an essay about the bombing of a building at Prophet Temitope
Balogun Joshua’s Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN).
Though I have been writing essays
and contributing to the public discourse for over 27 years, I have never
received the number of threats from known and unknown sources as I did after
that tweet.
Yet I am not deterred. As a
matter of fact such threats always strengthen my resolve to stand firm, do the
right thing and dig even deeper.
I am a servant of truth and the
voice of the voiceless: I cannot be intimidated and I will not be silenced.
Part of my calling is to speak
truth to power, to stand up for the oppressed and to speak up for the victims
of barbarity, persecution, wickedness and injustice and I will not shy away
from doing so on this occasion.
Prophet TB Joshua started his
ministry 30 years ago in 1987 when he founded his Church. He is a strong and
credible voice in the Body of Christ in Nigeria.
He is a respected and much-loved
Christian leader who is doing great works and wonders for the Kingdom of God
both in and outside of our country. He is revered in many nations in the world,
including numerous countries in South America, South East Asia, Africa, Europe,
the far East, Israel, Lebanon, India and the United States of America where he
is a regular visitor that is welcomed and received with much love and
enthusiasm.
Such is his following that it is
on record that out of every 10 foreigners that visit Nigeria every year, 6 of
them have come to spend time in T.B. Joshua’s Church and receive ministration
from him.
Yet despite all these laudable
achievements it is clear that he has many enemies.
I am not a member of his Church,
I have never worshipped there and neither do I have any reason to defend him or
to speak up for him other than the fact that, in my humble opinion, in this
particular case and matter, he and his Church members are undoubtedly the
primary targets and victims of injustice, wickedness and what can only be
described as nothing less than pre-meditated and cold-blooded mass murder.
They are also the subjects of one
of the greatest cover-ups in Nigerian history and of a massive and
well-orchestrated disinformation campaign.
It says a lot for him, his
resilience, his ministry, his calling, his members and the enormous amount of
strength and grace that he enjoys from the Living God that, despite the sheer
hell that he has been put through as a consequence of these ugly events and
tragic affair, he has refused to be broken or silenced.
Rather than capitulate he has
risen to the occasion, gone from strength to strength, stoically accepted the
numerous challenges that he has been faced with and stood firm in the preaching
of the gospel and in the battle against the Kingdom of darkness.
He has also refused to be cowed
and instead has stood-by, comforted and assisted the families of those who lost
their loved ones in this brutal attack as best as he could.
The truth is that whether his
detractors wish to admit it or not, T.B. Joshua has weathered the storm well
and he remains one of the most respected and celebrated Pastors and men of God
in Nigeria today and certainly one of the most internationally-acknowledged and
acclaimed of them all.
The truth is that there is
nothing that is ordinary about this man. It appears that the more his haters
(and there are many of them in Nigeria) throw bricks at him and seek his
downfall, the more he grows, prospers and increases. Only God can do this for
any human being.
Like those that are healed of
numerous ailments by the Holy Spirit in his Church, his strength and survival
and his uncanny readiness and ability to continue to spread love and charity to
the poor, the weak, the challenged, the despised and the helpless all over the
world, regardless of his own personal challenges, is not only exemplary but
also borders on the miraculous.
The truth is that if the events
that I am about to describe had happened to ANY other person or man of God in
this country I am not sure that they would have been able to survive it.
To all intents and purposes
Joshua is a mystery. He is a modern-day enigma.
He is a profoundly good man whose
humility is second to none, who is deeply courageous and who is filled with the
light and power of the Spirit of God.
Yet his towering status, his
selfless ministry and his good works is hardly the point here. If what he was
subjected to three years ago had happened to anyone else and if the details
were brought to my attention I would have written about it and exposed it in
exactly the same way that I am about to do now.
Today I present the first and
second parts of this essay. I have almost finished part three, which is the
most telling of them all and, once done, I will release it after those whose
names that I have mentioned have been duly consulted and informed.
Here I have written what I
believe is the truth. I have risked my life and the life of my sources by doing
so but I have no regrets.
It is for us to do as we are led
by the Holy Spirit and it is for God to protect us. I leave all to Him and I
give Him the glory.
Here we go.
One of the single greatest
atrocities perpetuated by rogue elements in our intelligence agencies in modern
history was the blowing up of a guest house in Prophet TB Joshua’s church which
resulted in the death of approximately 116 people, most of whom were
foreigners. This took place on September 12th 2014.
The perpetrators of this utterly
barbaric act were the same people that covertly and cleverly spun the tale that
the building collapsed as a result of a weak foundation and fed that pernicious
lie to a gullible and easily manipulated Nigerian media.
As trusting as ever, the Nigerian
people bought this hideous mendacity lock, stock and barrel whilst many
prominent clerics and Church leaders who were envious of Joshua’s rising
profile, power and popularity revelled in the lie and helped to preach, spread,
perpetuate and consolidate it.
They argued that the building was
built without the relevant permits and conveniently overlooked the fact that,
according to my sources at Alausa, Lagos state, between 60 and 70 percent of
buildings in the environs and suburbs of Lagos state either never had a
building permit in the first place, procured one only after the relevant
building was constructed or have fake ones which were procured through bribes.
That being the case it seems
strange that far many more buildings have not collapsed in Lagos if the
assumption is that they ALL have weak foundations.
The “weak foundation as a
consequence of no building permit theory” appears to me to be implausible. In
my view it lacks credibility and it is in fact a false and fake narrative.
This was not the cause of the
tragedy and the real cause was far more sinister and macabre than that.
The motive for the attack was to
silence and discredit Joshua who, by that time, had become a thorn in the flesh
of many within the corridors of power simply because he was exposing the
deepest secrets about what was going on in the country and those who were
covertly working against former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He went as far as to prophesy and
predict everything that would happen in the 2015 election which was scheduled
to hold two years later, with great accuracy, if President Goodluck Jonathan
did not remove certain people (whose names were mentioned) within his
government and inner circle.
The counsel was put on record and
when I was doing my research for this write up I actually read the transcripts
of this interesting discourse and I was utterly amazed at the accuracy of his
predictions.
The attack involved the use of
certain members of our intelligence agencies who used a large remote-controlled
drone to fly over the building and who then activated an explosive device which
had been planted in the building days earlier with the drone.
There is a video on Youtube of
the drone hovering at very close range over the building three times just before
it collapsed. I urge readers to look for it and view it.
After the third time the entire
building collapsed like a pack of cards. This was AFTER a loud explosion, which
was clearly heard by many of the survivors within and outside of the building,
shattered the tranquility, peace and silence of the structure and blew out its
foundations.
Sadly many people were killed and
even more were badly injured. This was Nigeria’s own 911 but unlike the real
911 the victims were never properly celebrated or mourned and the perpetrators
were never identified or brought to justice.
The whole thing appears to have
been covered up and those in high places in the intelligence agencies at the
time, having discovered that this was yet another rogue operation by a group of
fifth columnists within the security apparatus who were keen on silencing the
Presidents friends and who wanted to use the operation to embarrass and terrify
their perceived enemies and adversaries, decided to brush the whole thing under
the carpet and keep it quiet.
The trauma that the families that
lost their loved ones suffered, most of whom were South Americans, Europeans,
white South Africans and other foreigners was harrowing and unimaginable and
the outrage that was expressed by the Nigerian public as a consequence of it
was, rightly, unprecedented.
Even greater and more pronounced
was the pain, anguish and deep sense of loss of Prophet TB Joshua himself and
members of his SCOAN Church who were utterly devastated by this horrendous and
tragic event, this inexplicable slaughter and this frightful and unexpected
loss of the lives of their friends, colleagues, loved ones and Church members.
Such was the outrage from members
of the public in Lagos as a result of the matter that the Federal and State
Governments felt that they had to act fast in order to manage the fall-out from
the whole ugly episode.
And this is where things went
badly wrong. In a typical Nigerian manner, instead of digging deep and
patiently trying to establish the relevant facts and setting in motion a
forensic-based and professional investigation, the security agencies looked for
a scapegoat, turned on the man of God, made him the subject of a criminal
investigation and claimed that the building collapsed because it had weak
foundations and because it had not been properly built.
They ignored all the evidence
that suggested that there was far more to the matter than that and instead sold
this unlikely and utterly absurd narrative and dummy to the Nigerian people and
the international community.
They then proceeded to initiate
criminal proceedings against Joshua and some of his Church members and sought
to discredit, disgrace, shame and utterly destroy him.
With this they had managed to
divert attention away from the real cause of the collapse of the building, they
had found an easy and convenient scapegoat and consequently the real
perpetrators managed to escape any form of suspicion or scrutiny. (TO BE
CONCLUDED).
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He probably forgot to mentione the role of fulani herdsmen this time around
ReplyDeleteMa d man idio*t....he has lost foresight
ReplyDeleteThe man is an idiot, when you add extra story's on an existing building that the foundations can only support two story's, the building will fall down every time.
ReplyDeleteMake a cardboard structure strong enough to hold, or support two Bricks, add five more Bricks and see what happens, this is what happened to TB Joshua, Building regulation were not followed, as a result 116 people were killed. TB Joshua got away with Murder
He got away with murder. Go and nail him to the cross you fool
DeleteYou simply alleged without proof. However, you named your write-up as essay, so it remains an essay. Drone my foot! Give me a proof and I'll believe you. Don't try to drag the Prophet into your controversy.
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