Nigerian-born American academic Uju Anya, who is in the news for her controversial remarks about the late Queen Elizabeth, also tweeted about the late founder of the Synagogue of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua.
Joshua died on June 5, 2021 after an Emmanuel TV partners’ meeting in Lagos. He was well known for exorcism and was for many the go-to person for healing and deliverance.
However, Anya tweeted on June 6, 2021, a day after his death, calling Joshua a “charlatan” who deceived people to get into their wallets.
She wrote, “Celebrating the well deserved death of lying thieving charlatan TB Joshua, who cheated💰millions💰out of people in their most desperate days with fake prophecies and cruel promises of miracles and cures for diseases from which he couldn’t even save his sorry self. Rot in pi**.”
Joshua’s death came as a surprise to many including his closest mentees. The clergyman died in his sleep.
Commenting further on Joshua, Anya said he was a “monster” and she had no obligation to Joshua’s family to treat him with respect.
“For those coming with ‘don’t speak ill of the dead’ business, know where I stand on your tone policing nonsense. I don’t owe the family or people who loved TB Joshua my respect or silence about all the harm he caused. Just because they’re mourning a monster doesn’t mean I should,” she said.
Anya, an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the US, drew attention to her July 2020 tweet.
It reads, “I speak ill of the dead. If you made life choices that harmed people and caused destruction, I’ll praise your death. I don’t care if your family or people you didn’t choose to wound loved you and are sad you’re gone. I will dance on your grave singing ding dong the witch is dead.”
