SCOAN counters BBC, says TB Joshua documentary is roadside journalism

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has slammed the BBC’s documentary on SCOAN’s founder, the late Prophet TB Joshua.

On Monday, the BBC aired a contentious three-part documentary in which various people accused Joshua of staging miracles, rape, sexual assault, and torture, among other things.

Dare Adejumo, the church’s public affairs director, responded in a statement on Tuesday, saying the characters interviewed in the report were unknown to the church.

The church said BBC portrayed “roadside journalism” in its documentary, ignoring fairness, balance and objectivity.

“BBC has compromised these lofty principles by descending into fictional narratives and propaganda, thus turning itself into a weapon for a hatchet job as gangsters in the gab of journalism with a destructive ulterior motive for personal gains against a perceived enemy,” the statement said.

“Only BBC can best explain why it woefully deviated from true journalism and chose to be dishing junks and feeding the public with stones called bread by its offensive and disenchanted reports of disgruntled elements.

“This to say the least, is insulting to our professional and public intelligence. One thing is very obvious, hundreds of BBC charades cannot rubbish the indelible footprints of TBJoshua’s legacies on earth again.”

“BBC has obviously shot itself in the foot by its compromise and roadside journalism,” it added.

The statement said the BBC would not have lost anything if it had gone to the church even to disguise as visitors in order to have direct experience of what was happening in the church instead of relying on “disgruntled and manipulated individuals”.

“Some of those identified there are relics of homosexual and lesbian associates,” the church said.