Publisher of Ovation Magazine Dele Momodu has spoken in defence of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua.
BBC released a documentary on Monday, January 8 after interviewing people who claimed to be Joshua’s former disciples. Among the allegations, the interviewees alleged Joshua raped, sexually assaulted and tortured those he called his disciples who lived in the synagogue.
Defending the cleric, Momodu said via Instagram on Monday night that every human being has a good and bad side, adding that Joshua was not any different.
The celebrity publisher, who is a friend of Joshua’s family, said many who were afflicted and needy regarded Joshua as an angel.
“There is good and bad in every mortal, but I always look out for more good than bad in every human I encounter… PASTOR TEMITOPE BALOGUN JOSHUA was certainly an ‘angel’ on earth to the needy and the afflicted, and he touched millions of lives globally… He was definitely not a Jesus Christ but undoubtedly one of the most accomplished Prophets on Planet Earth,” he wrote.
Praying for the church which is now under Joshua’s wife’s leadership, Momodu wrote: “May the Ministry he left behind continue to thrive and prosper in order to touch more helpless and hopeless situations.”
Earlier, Momodu wrote on Instagram that Joshua faced criticism in life and in death.
“PROPHET TEMITOPE BALOGUN JOSHUA in his lifetime suffered loads of attacks… And even in his death, he continues to generate controversies… Unfortunately, he’s not here to defend himself,” he wrote.
SCOAN has since condemned the documentary by the BBC, describing it as “roadside journalism”. The Ikotun-based church in Lagos said the news organisation ignored the tenets of journalism in putting the documentary together.
