A report describing how the late Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) founder, Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua, also referred to as TB Joshua, allegedly raped, tortured, and put some church members in solitary confinement has been met with mixed reactions.

The victim testimonies were covered in detail in the two-year investigative report by Africa Eye on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). They said they spent nearly twenty years in a covert Lagos compound, where they were raped and had forced abortions.

Rae, a British woman, “was 21 years old when she abandoned her degree at Brighton University and was recruited into the church in 2002,” according to the BBC. She lived the next twelve years inside Joshua’s intricate concrete compound in Lagos as one of his alleged “disciples.”

The three-part, more than 150-minute video that was posted to YouTube is titled “Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua.” It also considered the testimonies of former church employees and disciples.

Investigating the 2014 collapse of a guest house for church pilgrims that resulted in the deaths of at least 116 people, Thereport went deeper.

Additionally, Joshua was charged with fabricating his “miracle healings,” which were seen by millions of people worldwide.
Responses

Social media users discussed the investigation after reading the report.

“Few minutes into the TB Joshua documentary and I’ve already noticed some similarities in some campus ministries/cults,” commented @ur_bwoi_towa, an X User.

“My brothers and I would only turn on EmmanuelTV when we needed a good laugh,” said @snort_randy. Even as young children, we were able to see through the gimmicks, which is why I think it’s ridiculous that adults were duped by his antics. My mother used to get really upset every time we laughed.

@WondaDell: “You guys think you can undo everything God has accomplished for the world through TB Joshua with a single documentary that contains nothing but baseless accusations? It’s not as though the judges in our court make decisions based solely on what witnesses say.

“I just finished watching the whole episode of this newly released BBC Africa Eye Documentary about TB Joshua,” a YouTube user named @DebelAjiboye commented.

I’m in complete shock because I personally know a few of those disciples. I noticed that I was stopping the video a lot and saying, “Wow,” in shock at every new discovery.

Another user, @emmanymatthew2539, said: “It was on a Saturday in 1992 or 1993 that I saw this man for the first time on TV—NTA Ibadan. That was less than eight years ago.

After watching him on TV for five minutes, my grandmother exclaimed, “This man is not from God. Let’s change the channel to BCOS.” I remarked, “However, he’s working miracles.” And her reply, which is still fresh in my mind, was to caution against false prophets (Matthew 7:15).

“Even in death, prophet TB Joshua is still a man sent from heaven,” @theowalker5753 stated. I continue to be inspired by his teachings today. Thus

I will impart the same message and doctrines to the generations that follow. God bless you and thank you. Our judge is God.