The tragic incident occurred
after a stampede ensued at the church, on Sunday during the distribution of
free holy water. The man of God, Prophet TB Joshua had earlier given the
announcement on their station, Emmanuel TV, that there was going to be a
distribution of anointed water at the service. The holy water, to many TB
Joshua followers is acclaimed to be the panacea to the many spiritual
afflictions.
Hundreds were said to have
started arriving at the church premises from 8pm last night and before the
service could start this morning, the stampede occurred because of the
overflow. The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the 37 and Police
Hospital mortuaries. Earlier in the morning, a flotilla of cars on the Spintex
road and its enclave, en route for an anointing water service by Nigeria’s Prophet
T. B. Joshua in Accra, resulted in another impenetrable gridlock which caused
frustration to commuters and Residents in that area.
Hundreds of cars belonging
to Nigerians in Ghana as well as Ghanaians, were parked on the sides of the
road in a mesh of chaos, which spewed onto the roads, thus resulting in a terrible traffic.
Three weeks ago, a similar
situation left the Spintex road in another lock down as hundreds of people
thronged the church to meet Prophet TB Joshua The Church is yet to formally
issue a statement on the incident.
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