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Nigeria not forthcoming on SA dead in Lagos church collapse

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoane Mashebane’s about to brief the media on South African efforts to get details of nationals killed and injured last Friday’s church building collapse in Lagos.

By all accounts neither the church nor the Nigerian authorities have been forthcoming.

Both the presidency and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation have remarked on what difficulty they are having getting useful information from their Nigerian counterparts.

There hasn’t been any on-the-record expression of disappointment let alone anger from Pretoria…

….Because the officials are at full stretch trying to get information to the families of the dead and injured and to get those victims repatriated.

But that’s not to say there won’t be a demarche later.

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No official information about miracle worker’s collapsed church

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000

Nigerian rescue authorities are frustrated by the lack of information from the self-styled miracle worker who’s church in Lagos collapsed last Friday killing at least 67 South Africans.
Preacher TB Joshua initially said only a few people were injured when the building came down. The official death toll is still less than the number given by President Jacob Zuma last night.

TB Joshua, who was hosting at least five South African tour grounds at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, blames a low flying aircraft from bringing down the building.
Rescuers attribute the collapse to shoddy construction work.
Nigerian authorities have been circumspect on the disaster – indicating perhaps the popularity that the tele-evangelist enjoys both domestically and internationally.

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Rescuers dig carefully at collapsed Lagos Church

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000

Rescuers continue carefully to dig through the rubble of church building collapse in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos – afraid that their delving might cause more damage and endanger anyone still alive.
At least 67 South Africans are among the dead. Twelve dozen survivors have been pulled alive from the ruins.
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Mystery still surrounds the collapse,of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in the Ikoton district of Lagos.
Televangelist TB JOSHUA, known as The Prophet who numbers former Malawian president Joyce Banda among his disciples, blames foul play.
Rescuers attribute the crash to sub standard construction.
They’re concentrating their search on the restaurant of a guest house attached to the church where most of the victims have thus far been found

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