Evelyn Joshua, wife of the Late Prophet Temitope Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has finally addressed members, partners, and followers of the church across the world following her appointment as leader of the church.

ABN TV reports that following the demise of the renowned prophet on June 5, the church has been battling with a leadership crisis that halted worship activities in the ministry.

The alleged leadership tussle had led to the eviction of some disciples of the late prophet who hitherto antagonized the decision of Evelyn to lead the affairs of the Church.

However, The Federal High Court in Lagos State on Thursday, appointed Mrs Evelyn Joshua, as a trustee of the church.

Justice Tijjani Ringim gave the judgment on Thursday at the Lagos Judicial Division of the High Court in Ikoyi in line with the church’s constitution which allowed a minimum of three trustees for the church.

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In her speech on Monday as the leader of the church, Mrs Evelyn noted that the journey has not been easy since the demise of her late husband.

She called for support and prayers from members and followers of the ministry to ensure that the church continues from where TB Joshua stopped.

Details of her speech:

“Emmanuel! God is with us. My name is Evelyn Joshua, I am pleased to address you at this moment upon my appointment as the lease of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN).

“To all our members, partners, friends, and compatriots in faith, I say good morning and win today. It has been three months since the glorious home call of our dear father founder and General Overseer, Senior Prophet, Temitope Balogun Joshua which occurred on the 5th of June 2021.

“These past three months have surely been challenging but we thank you all for been strong and for keeping the faith as we have been built, trained, and instructed by the servant of God that trials are the soil upon which faith flourishes.

“Today like others is a new dawn in the SCOAN. As we all know, Prophet TB Joshua fought a good fight of the kingdom and finished strong to the glory of God.

“We have now commenced the journey from where our father left. He had already prepared us all for this new phase and we must rise up to the occasion as a team under the command of God and the direction of the Holy Spirit. This journey is for us all, SCOAN cannot be without you – all the members, partners, and friends of the ministry

“This now serves as a clarion call for you all to rise as an army of God as we push this great commission forward. I am not your General Overseer, my dear husband and our father, the prophet of generations senior prophet TB Joshua remains the founder and General Overseer of SCOAN.

“Like my beloved husband used to say, let love lead. Today, I represent the symbol of that love even as he continues to reside by the right hand of his maker. I am only a servant who only by the direction of the Holy Spirit, will team up with you all to direct the affairs of this great ministry.

“We will work, pray, fight the fight of faith together win together so that we all can inherit the everlasting home together. I know that we all have missed the congregation of our brethren for the past one and a half years but let me assure you that as God leads, we shall all soon converge again and worship God together as a family. So watch out.

“There is no gainsaying the fact that I and the entire team need your prayers, support, encouragement and advice all at this time. The duty is much, the burden is heavy but we will all cast them onto Jesus who has already given us the promise of his help.

“I thank you once again for the love and support you have shown to this ministry and senior prophet TB Joshua for the past years but if there is anytime to show that love more, the time is now. Let me still assure you that God is always with us. Emmanuel”!

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The kogi State Government says majority of prisoners who escaped from the Kabba Custodial Centre following attack on the facility by gunmen, have been re-arrested.

The government said it has confidence in the ability of the country’s security agencies to unmask those behind the attack on Kabba Custodial Centre.

The State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo said this in a statement confirming the sttack in Lokoja on Monday.

Fanwo said investigations were still on to clearly ascertain the number of inmates that escaped from the Centre. He however said two security operatives were killed by the gunmen.

“The State Security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara (rtd) is currently at the Centre with the Kogi State Commissioner of Police and the Commander, Army Records, Lokoja.

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“Security Agencies have zeroed in to ensure those who escaped are rearrested as well as trail the masterminds of the attack.

“We have confidence in our security agencies to unmask the masterminds responsible for the attack and get them apprehended.

“Our security network has led to the rearrests of majority of the inmates that escaped as some have also come back to the centre on their own.

“Security agencies, traditional rulers and local hunters are working in synergy to ensure normalcy.

“We urge Kogi citizens and citizens of neighbouring states to help volunteer information that will ensure the apprehension of the masterminds of the distally act.

“Our people should go about their normal businesses as security agencies are doing their best to ensure security of lives and property in the face of the unfortunate breach,” he said.

It would be recalled that unknown gunmen on Monday night, attacked the correctional facility in Kabba, headquarter of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area, LGA killing some security operatives and setting more than two hundreds inmates free.

The Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has said the incompetence of President Muhammadu Buhari has made Nigeria a graveyard.

The PDP South-West Publicity Secretary, Chief Sanya Atofarati stated this on Monday.

He lamented that the killers have now turned the heat on the military and other security agencies, leaving citizens helpless and hopeless.

He called on President Buhari to resign from office.

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He said, “It is a gross incompetence on the part of the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress Federal Government that Nigeria has become a graveyard”

Atofarati added that “Between 2015 and now, more than 20,000 Nigerians have lost their lives to the inability of the government to protect the lives and property of its citizens, from the likes of Jihadist herdsmen, Boko Haram, bandits and highway kidnappers. It is safe to say that the APC government remains insensitive to the welfare of Nigerians, otherwise, by now Buhari should have voluntarily resigned to cry for help.

“A country where the agencies saddled with the responsibility of securing its citizens have suddenly become weak and incapacitated. A country where governors’ convoys are attacked at will, monarchs are kidnapped even under the president’s nose in his home state, a country where there is no war but mass burial weekly! It is high time Nigeria seeks foreign help to curb the insecurity lest we are all captured.”