No fewer than three worshippers at the Synagogue
Church of all Nations, Ikotun, Lagos State, have
been confirmed dead after a stampede on the
church’s premises on Saturday.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the victims were part of
a crowd that struggled to see the church’s
General Overseer, Prophet Temitope Joshua,
during a special healing service.
Punch correspondent gathered that while two of
the victims were identified as Emeka Okonkwo and
Emmanuel Oherin, the third victim had yet to be
identified.
Their corpses were said to have been deposited
in a morgue in the state.
An eyewitness, who did not want to be identified,
said the stampede occurred around 4.30am.
He said, “It was the church’s annual deliverance
and healing programme. Usually at this time, the
church becomes a beehive of activities as people
come in their thousands to see the prophet for
miracles.
“People lodge in different hotels surrounding the
church. And they all arrive at the church very
early.
“There is a canopy on the premises where
worshippers are screened before they see the man
of God.
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