South African president, Jacob Zuma announced today that 67 of its citizens died in the Synagogue building collapse that occurred on September 12th. The South
Africans were in Nigeria to seek spiritual help and were staying at the guest house before it collapsed. Read the full statement from President Zuma after the cut...
I am greatly saddened to announce that 67 South Africans died and scores of others sustained injuries, after a building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed on Friday, 12 September 2014, in Lagos, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
This is a particularly difficult time for South Africa. Not in the recent history of our country have we had this large number of our people die in one incident outside the country.
Our thoughts are with the families, friends and colleagues that have lost their loved ones in this heart-breaking tragedy. The whole nation shares the pain of the mothers, fathers, daughters and sons who have lost their loved ones. We are all in grief.
As we mourn this sudden and tragic death of our fellow compatriots, I have directed the relevant Government departments and entities to act with the utmost urgency to ensure that we facilitate the movement of relevant family members to Nigeria to identify the bodies of their loved ones and to ensure that we repatriate the remains as soon as possible under the circumstances.
I would like to take this opportunity also to thank all family members and friends who have provided information to Government, which information has assisted the South African High Commission in Nigeria in its efforts to locate our fellow citizens.
I would also like to commend all affected families for their patience and resolve during this very painful period.
On behalf of the Government and the people of South Africa, I would like to thank the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for their support during this difficult time. We also send our sincere condolences to the people of Nigeria and all other nations affected by this tragedy.
I would like to assure all affected families that the Government will provide all the necessary support.
Government will keep the public informed of developments around this tragedy.
May the souls of the departed compatriots rest in peace.
I thank you.
Issued by: the Presidency
Pretoria
Too bad, may their souls rest in peace
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ReplyDeleteWho is fooling us?
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ReplyDeleteoh my GOD
ReplyDeleteWell, they came seeking for miracles. No one ever prays for anything bad but it has happened and you can't lay blames on anyone. May their souls RIP
ReplyDeletetoo bad
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I smell ritual
ReplyDeleteRitualistic something
I tot they said the total number is 59,hw com they r claiming 70+
ReplyDelete#skaler#
Chukss!!! It seems you are dumb or something.....where did you see 70+ dead in the write up....nonentity asshole...........N.O.K
DeleteM̶̲̥̅γ̲̣̣̥ God help him out and have mercy Ƒσя Ūя̲̅ people
ReplyDeleteSad
ReplyDeleteOMG!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm
ReplyDeleteNo wonder they did not want the press around there. Rest in peace to the departed. Chi
ReplyDeleteThats tragic!
ReplyDeleteLord have mercy,thats alot of people tho
ReplyDeletemtchewww.. Useless southafricans
ReplyDeleteWhy are our officials always lying abt dead pple?
ReplyDelete600 will die in borno they will say its 50.
Only south africans 67 how many more pple were there?
Meanwhile d day this news broke one of their members ran to lib to say nobody died,only a few injured.
May God have mercy.
Are u blind? Ow can u say nobody died in dis tragic collapse? Oya believe wateva
DeleteRest in peace to d dead.. if oly TBJ has seen dis coming. I hope he is nt treating Ebola patient sha!
ReplyDeleteRitual sacrifice
ReplyDeleteAwww! What a national tragedy.
ReplyDeleteMay their souls rest in peace.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
nawaaaoo!what a tragidy..may their soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteSpiritual cleaning...speechless
ReplyDelete67? Hey! Lord have mercy o.
ReplyDeleteOkay...
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmmm!
ReplyDeleteMy question now is who's telling a lie?
This is really serious
ReplyDeleteFROM MY REVIEW AND OBSERVATIONS I THINK T.B AND OYAHKILOME HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING THEIR VOW TO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD WHERE THEY ALL GOT THEIR POWER FROM, WHICH IS WHY THE SPIRIT IS ANGRY AND TRYING TO FALL BOTH OF THEM'S HAND...WHY IS IT THE SAME TIME THAT OYAHKILOME IS HAVING TROUBLES IN HIS CHURCH THAT SYNAGOGUE COLLAPSE? IF YOU RECALL VERY WELL, YOU REMEMBER THAT THEY BOTH HAD SOMETHING IN SECRET SOMETIME AGO...THE FACT IS THAT THE GOD WHO GAVE THEM POWER IS ANGRY! SOMETHING IS WRONG SOMEWHERE AND THESE GUYS MUST HAVE CALLED EACH OTHER, CUZ THEY REALLY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING! SO I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THIS...
ReplyDeleteMaybe u think say na home video u dey act. Yeye dey smell!!!
DeleteYou are a fool, if you don't know what you are saying don't say it, don't listen to rumours look for fact. Pastor Chris doesn't have any problem he has not lost anybody from his church, family issues are everywhere, Adam suffer it frm eve, beni hills also suffer it same with okotie and many others, Chris and the wife are in good terms now olodo. Tb josua on the other hand did nothing it was a nature, the devil like you is also looking for the Christians to fight is not looking for a sinner like you. Jesus Christ suffer much prosecution than all those people you have measured what about Job if it were to be this day they will say Job is wizard he has use all his children for sacrifice to have loose all his children one day. Anyway I leave the rest for u to find out urself, go and read your bible.
DeleteOnly God can rescue those people, they needed blood n they'v taken.
DeleteWe'll mr knw it all! I think since your brain is as dark as your future can't really blame you for the way you think. One little advice for you, you no holy pass , stop Judging cos u won't move forward if you keep bringing others down with your foul reasoning.
DeleteI m so sorry for you
DeleteThank you very much for your insight, I support your review very well. They have been used for sacrifice
DeleteGbam...........noted
DeleteMy dear they gave planning permission for a 8 storey building on a foundation mearnt for just 5 its simple mathematics
Delete... So sad, may the gentle souls rest in peace
ReplyDeleteHmmmm dear God, it's, where do we go from here.... Rip to the lost hope u find eternal rest
ReplyDeleteMan of god am wit u all de time
ReplyDeleteMay their souls rest in peace...
ReplyDeleteAnd der said it was 50 pple dat died o,how cum SA said its 67 dat died.which one we go take now.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but they should have thought before going to that devil church.
ReplyDeleteDid u just say devil's church? May God forgive U. Pls do not judge so u won't be judge.
DeleteMay their souls RIP..
ReplyDelete67 dead from one country? That's too much oh. I thought they said the death toll was just 50 as at this evening. Na wa. RIP to the dead ones and speedy recovery to the injured ones.
ReplyDeleteBut Tb joshua said that there was no death and that the few people trapped were been rescued...Nawaoo Men of God...I believe if the barbaric church members had allowed the press and NEMA to do their work,casualties would have been minimised.
ReplyDeleteThis is man slaughter.!
He needs to be charged to court for manslaughter.
DeleteHe will see plane crashing as far asia ooo, in the indian Ocean but his own church.
That's none of my business
But Tb joshua said that there was no death and that the few people trapped were been rescued...Nawaoo Men of God...I believe if the barbaric church members had allowed the press and NEMA to do their work,casualties would have been minimised.
ReplyDeleteThis is man slaughter.!
But Tb joshua said that there was no death and that the few people trapped were been rescued...Nawaoo Men of God...I believe if the barbaric church members had allowed the press and NEMA to do their work,casualties would have been minimised.
ReplyDeleteThis is man slaughter.!
Too bad #bright bravo#
ReplyDeleteI said it. Death figures are ALWAYS underestimated in Nigeria. Whatever the 'official' figures are, double it. Trust me, I know.
ReplyDeleteFrom Ebola, to Nyanya bombing to Boko Haram to this, so many more die than are reported.
Now SA has another reason to hate Nigerians.
Kimmy*****
RIP to the dead
ReplyDeleteThis is quite a tragedy to all of us, my condolence to
ReplyDeleteAll that lost their loved ones especially my country Nigeria and South Africa .
RIP to the late victims..
ReplyDeleteYEA ,ONE THING IS INEVITABLE WHICH IS DEATH.PREAPRE AND BE READY BECAUSE NO ONES KNOWS D APPOINTED TIME .REMEMBER ALL DIE NA DIE.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it ironic that South Africans are seeking spiritual help from Nigerians, while Nigerians are on a loooong queue in the sun at the SA embassy in VI, looking for visa to escape from Nigeria?
ReplyDeleteAfrica, the dark continent indeed!
May their soul rest in perfect peace
ReplyDeletedere is God oo...d blood u re sharing......dere is God o
ReplyDeleteHmm! Nawa oh speechless
ReplyDelete67 nawa oh
ReplyDeleteHmm! Nawa oh speechless
ReplyDeleteNaija and fraud. smh
ReplyDeleteNaija and fraud. smh
ReplyDeleteDis thing is beginning to get a complicated twist o. Or, why are thr diff values in the statics?
ReplyDeleteIf SA citizens alone are 67, how many are Nigerians and other nationals? that means we may be talking of upwards of a 100 in total? God have mercy. I hope this discrepancy in figures is only because the rescue mission is still going on and not that someone is covering up for someone.
ReplyDeleteRIP to the dead.
And the death toll is at 49? I don't understand.
ReplyDeleteLol...the headline is really confusing. You have a great blog, you can visit mine too by just clicking my name.
DeleteIs there no church in south Africa?? Where 2or3 are gathered He's there u must nt go to Nigeria bfre he will ansa u!!!
ReplyDeleteHelp me tell them
DeleteRIP to d departed
ReplyDeleteRip to the lost souls
ReplyDeleteWhere is the building permit o??? Hope somebody is brought to justice on thus, rather than this being a continual refrain in our newspapers. Hope TB Joshua cooperates to highlight those really responsible. May the departed souls rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteI am one person who does not understand the mindset of people who travel long distances to see 'a man of God'. With all due respect to the dead, this is a lesson for the living. God is EVERYWHERE you are. He hears prayers prayed in your bedroom or parlour or in your heart. YOU DON'T NEED MIRACLES. Jesus said miracles is for babes. It is excruciating to think that some of them who died came for such mundane things like having difficulties with business, marriage, job or a so-called spiritual problem which is in the main very nebulous. Well, the fatalist says what will be will be. The church should stop playing the ostrich game and come up with the full figures of those who died. Down playing the numbers will be only arouse suspicion that they are hiding something. May the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace.
ReplyDeleteAll I want to say, is Baba o! Ose eh eh! 2x. Keep exposing them my Lord, for it's in your Word Isaiah 57:21 'There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Psalm 14:1 'The fool says in his heart, There is no God'. Thank you Jesus. Singing praises!
ReplyDeleteThis is horrible!
ReplyDeleteThe Lagos state govt. shd not be partial, if it were others they would have arrested the owner of the building. They shd investigate the material been used for the building.
ReplyDeleteRIP strange tinz everyday kia..
ReplyDeleteSouth Africans, tired of being made to eat grass and being trampled on ran to Nigeria for spiritual help and met their waterloo instead! Ironic isn't it? May they rest in peace. Amen
ReplyDeleteThis is pathetic and sad
ReplyDeleteso what are we saying????? how can only the south Africans be 67 and we are being told the total death sums to 63????? who dem dey fool like this?
ReplyDeleteIf you can predict for odas why can't u see ur?
ReplyDeleteBut I believe God is everywhere. Why the hell did they have to go to Nigeria. This is what you get for believing in People and not God. I am sorry, I am South African but I have no sympathy for these kind of people. The tax payers money will have to bring them back for burials now for self inflicted deaths. This is daylight robbery.
ReplyDeleteBut I believe God is everywhere. Why the hell did they have to go to Nigeria. This is what you get for believing in People and not God. I am sorry, I am South African but I have no sympathy for these kind of people. The tax payers money will have to bring them back for burials now for self inflicted deaths. This is daylight robbery.
ReplyDelete@ anon September 16, 2014 at 9:55 PM you just hit the nail on the head... GBAM!!! Them no settle their dibia recently.
ReplyDeleteThis is so pathetic. My people perish for lack of knowledge. God is everywhere, you can worship your God in your homes, why traveling all the way from South Africa to seek the face of Almighty God. benotekcomputers@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI don't understand d angle ure coming from.
ReplyDeletesay what! i know say that figure too small wey de first mention, Naija
ReplyDeleteThis is a huge lost, May they RIP Amen. by dobis112@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI said it before. This TB guy should be arrested and investigated. He is not above d law. He caused d death of several people and violated land laws.
ReplyDeleteI know SA av been aving issues with Nigeria for a while now,so that figure is not accurate even Nigeria figure too is not. If 67 is coming out of SA what about other countries? God grant eternal rest to the faithful departed #maryprynce
ReplyDeleteWhere did SA see 67 when d death toll is 59????
ReplyDeleteChrist have mercy
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Hunger and and Thirst?
HARD TIMES MAY TEST ME, THEY CANNOT DESTROY ME
Learning to be wise in Christ
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@ Anonymous 4:40pm.
ReplyDeleteAre you okay? Must you curse? Afterall this your papa pastor Chris that you guys have been trying to cover his ass for years can't even keep his family. How will a pastor only visit UK when he has church activities, abeg where him dey release him own conji? I pity for everyone who follows a man all in the name of "Daddy" Now you are there pointing out other ministers who had marital issues, na him be say you no get work. Don't go and seek salvation be following a man bumper to bumper..Olodo oshi
Ordinarily TB ought by now to be cooling his heels in police custody pending his trial...
ReplyDeleteBut you know, the Animal Farm syndrome would not allow the proper thing to be done...
If TB were a nobody, the law could have long taken its course on his case....
Well, he is the JUJU man (in clergy garb) of many a Nigerian and foreign big man....
Here is a man you is law unto himself; who secured no government approval before erecting the woe-begotten structure; who breached town planning and environmental laws just to satisfy his fancy of erecting a sky high structure for his teeming foolish devotees...
I am saddened that TB is still walking freely when ordinarily he ought to be facing criminal trial by now!!!!!
Let SA publish their names
ReplyDeleteHow do they stay in South Africa and know the number of South Africans who died in the tragedy. May be 67 South Africans travelled to the Church last week, i don't believe they are all dead. @ those who ask why they travelled to Nigeria for Spiritual help when there is God everywhere, Nigeria is not their first choise to solve their problems, they have been to several churches in their countries and have prayed for years to no avail. T.B. Joshua just happens to have a verifiable track record. He is one of the few in our time anionted to confront hierarchies and problems/sicknessness that have defiled solutions. No body who is working with the power of the devil will confront the devil on live television, because there are different demonic kingdoms and you don't belong to all, one day a demon from a rival kingdom will disgrace you and one will overpower you. It's only with the power of Almighty God that you have the confidence to operate openly on live TV. @ seeking help for mind blowing spiritual problems e.g. every year someone dies in your family, people running mad, diverse sicknesses, and foundational problems that have caused stagnations is nebulous? Pastors & Bishops who don't understand what is happening to them are babes? Do you watch Emmanuel TV to see what they are dealing with? You have not experienced what other people are passing through/ have not needed a miracle so you can afford to blow grammer. May departed souls rest in peace. ......Gloria
ReplyDeletemay da souls of da departed rest in peace amen.
ReplyDeleteMy dear me too I no understand. Oya ova 2 u church critic / tatafo
ReplyDeleteMe too ooo
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