TB Joshua Blames Low-Flying Aircraft For The Collapse Of His Guesthouse

More than 53 people are now believed to have died in the Nigerian city of Lagos after a huge church building collapsed in the country’s southwest, rescue authorities reported today. The preacher T.B. Joshua was widely cited in Nigeria's media as claiming on Sunday that a low-flying aircraft that had been repeatedly circling the building may have been responsible for the collapse. TB Joshua preaches to massive crowds at his church every week and according to his website, SCOAN "hosts thousands of national and international visitors" each year. The death toll has been rising ever since nearly 124 people were pulled out from the rubble of the structure.  The two-story building, located in the expansive compound of the enormous church complex collapsed on Friday afternoon while undergoing construction work to add extra floors. The building is a guesthouse for foreign followers of T. B. Joshua's The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), in the Ikotun area of Lagos. There has been no official response to the claim and no reason has so far been cited by local authorities for the structural collapse.It is the first time in his pastoral mission that the Man of God failed to see a disaster coming his way.