Batswana escape TB Joshua disaster

Prophet T.B. Joshua
Prophet T.B. Joshua

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was by yesterday evening scrambling to verify whether any Batswana were injured or killed in the collapse of a building at a popular church in Lagos, Nigeria which claimed at least 67 South African lives.

A guesthouse for international visitors within TB Joshua’s sprawling Synagogue Church of All Nations compound in Lagos collapsed on Friday with scores of worshippers feared trapped, injured or dead. While Nigerian officials put the death count at “over 40”, the South African government said 67 South Africans alone were confirmed dead.

Although reports circulated that two Batswana who witnessed the disaster were returning home yesterday, a Mmegi check of the Sir Seretse Khama Airport’s turned up nothing. “Between yesterday and today, there have not been any arrivals from Nigeria,” said an Ebola health-screening official.

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