church premises was a controlled demolition, demanding for an
investigation into the matter.
A spokesman for a media outfit of the church, Emmanuel Television, Mr
Ken Emeakayi, said footages from the CCTV in the church premises
showed that a strange aircraft hovered over the building four times
before it collapsed.
He told Channels Television on Monday that the aircraft might have
been there to detonate explosive devices that may have been planted in
the building prior to the collapse.
"We are investigating the incident for the world to know what actually
happened. When you look at the clip you will see that it was not just
the aircraft hovering. At the point of the incident, there was
explosion.
"It is possible they were either dropped or planted and the aircraft
will have to come and detonate it.
"The persons in the building said that the noise they heard suggested
that it was an explosion.
"Those involved in the act may not have been aware of the security cameras.
"With modern technologies explosive devices could be detonated without
a loud noise.
"There were about four explosives that were detonated in the building
from the much the CCTv could capture and because we know that there
would be fragments from the explosive, we are calling for an
investigation," he said.
The Emmanuel Tv spokesman said that the presiding priest, Prophet TB
Joshua, could have been the target, explaining that the incident
occurred after the same strange aircraft had hovered around a prayer
ground where the pastor usually holds prayer sessions in the morning.
"A strange helicopter was hovering around the prayer mountain when the
man of God was there. It was the time he was supposed to be at the
mountain but he had left. They thought he was still there but he has
gone back to the church.
"After the man of God left the prayer mountain, this same aircraft
came to the church premises. The first time it was sighted was at
11:30am local time at a very low altitude hovering over this story
building and we have clips.
"It was about 40 feet from the building. The same aircraft hovered
about four times. At an interval of nine minutes, five minutes," he
said.
Mr Emeakayi said that the church had submitted the video clips to
security agencies for investigation but that they had not received any
news about how far the investigation had gone.
He dismissed allegations that the construction of the building did not
follow standard rules, stressing that the church had followed every
requirement.
There have been rumours that the approval for the building was for a
fewer number of floors, but Mr Emeakayi said that the church had
approval to erect a 12-story building in the place but had only
stopped at six floors.
Contrary to the claims of the spokesman for the National Emergency
Management Agency south-west region, Ibrahim Farinloye, that members
of the church prevented the agency from gaining access into were the
building was, Mr Emeakayi said that the persons referred to as members
of the church must be sympathisers.
He further asked the agencies investigating the incident to focus on
the whole issue and not on an isolated case of building structure
standard, insisting that their story about the strange aircraft and
the controlled demolition should equally be investigated.
President Goodluck Jonathan had visited the site of collapsed
building, promising to ensure that the cause of the collapse was
investigated.
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