Synagogue Disowns Emeakayi's Defence Over Collapsed Building

The Synagogue Church of All Nation, SCOAN, yesterday, disowned Mr. Ken
Emeakayi, over his defence on the collapsed guest house, during an
interview programme on Monday, on one of the local television
stations.

TB Joshua-Synagogue Church
Reacting yesterday, on its official Facebook page, T.B. Joshua
Ministries, the church said even though Emeakayi is a member of SCOAN
and an Emmanuel TV partner, he went to the media to air his personal
views and not those of the church.

The statement on the page reads: "Our attention has been drawn to
several articles circulating around the internet quoting Mr. Ken
Emeakayi as an official representative of T.B. Joshua, The SCOAN and
Emmanuel TV. TheVanguardNewspaper even called him 'T.B. Joshua's aide'
which is a misrepresentation.

"While Mr Ken is a member of The SCOAN and an Emmanuel TV partner, he
went to the media on his own personal level to air his views
concerning the incident and not to officially represent the church.
Any official statement from The SCOAN will be published on our website
and our official Facebook Page."

Emeakayi had during the interview, refuted claims that the church was
not given an approval by the Lagos State authorities to commence
construction, saying that it was officially given an approval for a
12-storey building.

He said: "It is not true and I stand to be corrected. I want to also
point out that whosoever said that was not saying the correct thing,
because I also listened to a commissioner of Lagos State, when he came
to your (Channels Television) studio. He said that when he got there,
he discovered that there was no approval for the building, meaning
that he has not been there before and there was nothing of such. Yes,
the church had approval."

Asked if the church had shown the approval to the Lagos State
Government authorities, he said: "Yes, of course. Officials of Lagos
State Government have been there severally. They have even come to
look at other buildings in the church premises. So, there is no
additional structure to the building. We are talking of a building
that is on its own. We have the pictures. It's a new structure."