Evelyn, wife of the late founder of Synagogue Church of All
Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B. Joshua, on Wednesday said the death of her
husband was an act of God.
She spoke when a delegate from the Lagos State Governor,
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, led by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu
Elegushi paid her a condolence visit in Ikotun area of Lagos.
She added that the demise of her husband did not come to her
as a surprise
Evelyn thanked the Lagos State Government’s delegate for the visit.
“On behalf of myself and the entire synagogue family, we are
grateful, (and) thankful for your presence here today (Wednesday).
“What happened is an act of God. There is time for
everything. Like my husband do say. That is the word I knew from him very well.
This is the job he was known for.
“This is what he was living for. That is what he was going
to die for. So, it didn’t come to me as a surprise. I wasn’t surprise when it
happened. As we all know, he was in service that day. So, that’s it,” she
stated,
Joshua’s wife appealed to Sanwo-Olu to participate actively
in her husband’s burial which would be made public very soon.
“I appreciate you all. I’m pleading, this is my message to
the Governor. We need you; we need your presence,” she said.
Speaking, Elegushi said: “We are here on the directive of
the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu to pay a condolence
visit and offer prayers to the family of our beloved pastor and prophet T.B.
Joshua.”
Also among the delegation include the Special Adviser to the
Governor on Civic Engagement, Princess Aderemi Adebowale, the Presiding
Chaplain, Chapel of Christ The Light, Venerable Ezekiel Oluwadare, Directors of
the State’s Ministry of Home Affairs, among other State officials.
The delegation which presented a condolence letter signed by
the Governor to the family of the deceased, prayed that God grant the family
the fortitude to bear the loss.
Venerable Ezekiel Oluwadare, while praying for the deceased
family during the visit, described “Prophet T. B. Joshua as a great man of God,
who would be missed by all.”
Oluwadare also described the late prophet as “A
philanthropist, the Jesus of the time, as well as a man loved by all and who
abided by the Federal Government’s rules of Covid-19 during the lockdown.”
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