TB Joshua's Collapsed Building has Approval for 12-Storey

Some people have been lieing that TB Joshua's church increased a two-storey building to six-storey and that such is responsible for the collapse of the building. But latest information indicates that is not true.

About two weeks after the collapse of a guest house at Synagogue church in Lagos, a fresh indication emerged on Monday that the church got an approval for a 12-storey building from Lagos State government.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, Mr. Ken Emeakayi, an aide to Prophet T.B Joshua, refuted reports that the building had no approval.

He said: “It is not true and I stand to be corrected. I want to also point out that whosoever said that was not saying the correct thing, because I also listened to a commissioner of Lagos State, when he came to your studio. He said that when he got there, he discovered that there was no approval for the building, meaning that he has not been there before and there was nothing of such. Yes, the church had approval.”

When asked if the church had shown the approval to Lagos Government authorities, he said:

“Yes, of course. Officials of Lagos State Government have been there severally. They have even come to look at other buildings in the church premises. So, there is no additional structure to the building. We are talking of a building that is on its own. We have the pictures. It’s a new structure.

“The building is still under construction, but it is not as if it is an attachment to the church auditorium. It is a building standing on its own and in a different compound. It is a guest house. It is a building that has its own design and approval. This particular structure in question, has an approval for 12-storey building and they have even come to examine the foundation and its casting after this incident. They have therefore seen that it was done with the specification of a 12-storey building.”

When contacted, Lagos Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Toyin Ayinde, declined comment on the matter saying, “there will be no further comment on the collapsed Synagogue building until investigations into the matter are concluded and the report made public.”

Lagos is conducting thorough investigation— Fashola 

Governor Babatunde Fashola has declared that the government is conducting thorough investigation to by all means unravel the facts surrounding the strange collapse of the building owned by the Synagogue. According to the governor, “we are acting methodically on the issue.”