The Disciples: 8. Collapse
World of Secrets
BBC
4.7 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
People are trapped under rubble in the Lagos church compound. The eyes of the world are now on TB Joshua. Beneath the collapsed building is 23-year-old Princess, from South Africa. Her mother says she’s told: “just pray”. Disciple Emmanuel goes to the scene. “You could hear people, and their voices are fading. From louder, it’s getting weaker.” As suspicion about the cause of the collapse intensifies, Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, flies in to offer his condolences to TB Joshua and the bereaved families. Meanwhile, the prophet gives a bizarre explanation.
Hosts Charlie Northcott and Yemisi Adegoke unravel a story of miracles, faith and manipulation, carried out by one of the most powerful religious figures of the century.
Please note, this season of World of Secrets contains graphic descriptions of sexual and physical violence, including sexual assault, rape and the language associated with it.
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Archive: Channels TV, Associated Press, CGTN Africa, The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Emmanuel TV, TV360, MrBallu58
Presenters: Charlie Northcott and Yemisi Adegoke Series Producer: Rob Byrne Series Editor: Philip Sellars Executive Producer: Georgia Catt Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel
This podcast is made in collaboration with BBC Eye Investigations, with original investigation by Charlie Northcott and Helen Spooner.
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| 0:30.1 | Before we start, some episodes in this series of World of Secrets contain graphic |
| 0:35.4 | descriptions of sexual and physical violence, including sexual assault, |
| 0:40.0 | rape, and the language associated with it. |
| 0:43.0 | BBC News with it. |
| 0:48.0 | BBC News with Jonathan Isard. |
| 0:50.0 | A rescue operation is underway in the Nigerian city of Lagos. |
| 0:54.4 | Friday, 12 of September 2014. |
| 0:58.0 | A day that focuses the world's attention on the synagogue Church of all nations. |
| 1:03.0 | You're looking at pictures from just a few hours ago. |
| 1:06.0 | Part of the synagogue church of all nations collapsed. |
| 1:09.0 | More than a hundred people are trapped. |
| 1:12.0 | Under a collapsed building inside TB Joshua's compound. |
| 1:16.6 | Ray and Anaka watched the scene unfold on the news from England in horror. |
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