Correction: Mixed reactions to TB Joshua’s death on social media

The death of controversial Nigerian pastor and televangelist TB Joshua has left the nation divided.

[SUBS/NEDS: Correction. Joshua died on Saturday, not Sunday]

JOHANNESBURG, June 6 (ANA) – The death of controversial Nigerian pastor and televangelist TB Joshua has left the nation divided.

According to several media reports, the 57-year-old leader of the Nigeria-based Synagogue Church of All Nations reportedly died after conducting a live broadcast on Saturday. The cause of death has not been disclosed.

“God has taken his servant Prophet TB Joshua home … His last moments on earth were spent in the service of God,” the church wrote on its Facebook page

People shared their views on Joshua’s death on social media.

@AbdulKarimaliSC tweeted: “From God we came and to Him is our return. I extend my sincere sympathy to the Christian world and members of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Nigeria. A great Evangelist is no more.”

Another follower said Joshua was a kind man who served his immediate community. @Irunnia tweeted: “This man fed widows & orphans, trained people he never met in schools and gave people jobs. He was hardly involved in stupid politics like most other pastors and prophets.”

However, according to @SEzekwesili, the famous ministry “did a lot of damage”.

“TB Joshua was reportedly ill and went to the hospital. Did he teach his numerous followers to try hospitals and not abandon their medication for his holy water and anointing oil? His ministry did a lot of damage. Any conversation that doesn’t include that is dishonest,” she wrote.

User @Ugxabashe insinuated that Joshua should have died along with other pastors embroiled in numerous scandals. “TB Joshua come back, you forgot Bushiri, Mboro and others. You know your crew, mos.”

Al Jazeera reported on Monday that Joshua, a father of three, was one of Africa’s most influential preachers, with millions of followers on television and social media.

According to the news channel, more than 15,000 people from Nigeria and abroad attended his Sunday services.

Meanwhile, Aba City Blog, a Nigerian blog page, tweeted that the church has been sealed since Joshua’s death.

– African News Agency (ANA); Editing by