Reacting
to the statement made by the General Overseer of the Synagogue of All Nations,
Pastor Temitope Joshua on the people who died in the church building that collapsed,
the African National Congress Youth League has called on Jacob Zuma-led South
African Government to refuse the Pastor visa into the country.
Joshua
said he would live to visit South Africa to commiserate with the families of 84
citizens who lost their lives when a building of the church collapsed in Lagos
on September 12, but his description of about 115 people who died in the
tragedy as martyrs enraged South Africans
Responding to the Overseers desire to pay a
condolence visit to South Africa, the spokesperson for the ANC Youth League,
Bandile Masuku, said, “TB Joshua should not be allowed to come to South Africa
until we know what happened to our fellow countrymen at his church.
“We
will make sure we engage with the Department of International Relations and
Cooperation to make sure they do not issue him with a South African visa.”
A South
African Newspaper, City Press,
which reported this on Tuesday, had reported that about 115 people, including
84 South Africans, were killed and dozens trapped when the multi-storey
guesthouse attached to the church collapsed.
The
punch Newspaper was of the view that about 350 South Africans were said to be
visiting the church in the Ikotun neighbourhood of Lagos, at the time of the
incident