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South African children sue TB Joshua’s church over their father’s death

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Published on: June 14, 2023

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Two children of a South African man, Kalambaie wa Kalambaie, who was among the 116 who died after the collapse of one of popular evangelist preacher TB Joshua’s church buildings in Nigeria in 2014, are suing the church.

Bulungu Malaika Wa Kalambaie, 3 and Nora Furah Wa Kalambaie, 6 both South Africans are demanding a compensation of $520,000 as cost and damages from the Nigerian prophet for the death of their father.

This is supposed to compensate for the money that their father would have been expected to provide them with until he turned 70.

The youngsters, who are staking claims for the amount through their mother, Amina Busseh Bashi, a Congolese by nationality, have made their minds known through their counsel, Bolaji Ayorinde.

According to Ayorinde, relatives of people who died in the building collapse have made a lot of inquiries about the possibility of taking action.

TB Joshua who is one of Nigeria’s best-known evangelists blamed the 2014 incident on a small plane which he said had been circling the building, which was a multi-storey guesthouse in a Lagos compound belonging to the Synagogue, Church Of All Nations.

This was dismissed by the Lagos coroner.

In 2015, a coroner in a Lagos court said “the church was culpable because of criminal negligence”.

Mr Joshua and his church have consistently denied any wrongdoing.

The pastor has so far not been charged, but the engineers responsible for the building are facing criminal charges.

Mr Ayorinde said he was not concerned about taking on the popular preacher arguing that “the law treats everyone as equal”.

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