The president and founder of LoveWorld Incorporated, also
known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has reacted to the fire
incident at the church’s headquarters in Lagos.
Oyakhilome, during a live Sunday service at the church’s
campground, Asese, said what happened was not an accident but an avenue for
bigger and better things.
Early Sunday morning, social media was agog with videos of
the church building at Oregun, Ikeja on fire.
According to the pastor, “Nothing happens in the life of a
child of God by accident. During the 2001 Ikeja cantonment bombing incident,
the building vibrated so much and we thought it was going to collapse.
“I thought to myself that if it collapsed, I was going to
build a bigger, better one. At the end of the day, it didn’t collapse and we
called the engineers to see if there was any need to bring it down and rebuild,
but it was still okay.
“Now that this has happened, we will build a bigger, better,
and more glorious one and the devil will lick his wound.”
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) said the fire has been put under control.
In a statement issued by Margaret Adeseye, director of the service, LSFRS also blamed the church for the spread of the fire.
NAN reports Adeseye as saying that the fire escalated because the church’s fire service thought they could handle the situation without recourse to the Lagos fire service.
She said the cause of the fire will be made public after a proper investigation has been done.
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