SCOAN marks one year memorial service

Today is exactly one year nigeria lost 116 people in the disaster that occured at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B. Joshua founder of church will today (Saturday) hold a memorial service in honour of the victims.

The building collapsed on September 12, 2014 in the Ikotun area of Lagos and 116 people, mostly South Africans, died inside the collapsed six-storey guest house owned by SCOAN.

In a statement, the church said the memorial service, which is to mark a year of the unfortunate incident that would hold in South Africa.

According to the church, Prophet T.B Joshua had sent a delegation from Nigeria to participate in activities leading to the memorial.

T.B. Joshua, who described deceased as Martyrs of Faith, still maintained that they were on an appointment with God when they met their death and therefore believes that they died for a reason which is not in vain.

He however called on the entire SCOAN family all over the world to join forces to pray for the repose of the souls of their departed.

Meanwhile, months after a Lagos coroner had passed is verdict calling for the prosecution of the contractors that handled the building of the collapsed structure, experts have warned that the government might have been chasing shadows rather than focus on the real issues that led to the tragedy.

The experts, which include Captain Michael Oyediran, blasts specialist in the late General Adekunle-led 3rd Marine Commandoes during the Nigerian Civil War and Retired Captain ‘Tele Olagundoye also of the 3rd Marine Commandoes observed that the way the building collapsed questions the security consciousness of the government, especially in an era when terrorism is becoming highly scientific and sophisticated.

Oyediran said he was surprised at the September 12 incident and how government in return handled the situation.

“Considering the evidence of those engineers and the scientist, I became very worried because infra sound implosion was used in my time during the Nigerian Civil War”, he said.