Zimbabwean Politician Died Under Rubble Of Synagogue Church Collapse
A Zimbabwean opposition politician is among at least 80 people who died when a church guesthouse of TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos collapsed a week ago.
Greenwich Ndanga was the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) provincial chairman for Mashonaland West.
Most of the victims were South Africans who were staying in the multi-storey guesthouse. The authorities say it it had more floors than its foundation could hold.
Over 130 people survived, including one South African woman who was pulled from the rubble on Monday – three days after the building collapsed.
Mr Ndanga’s death was confirmed by his family and party officials on Thursday.
According to Zimbabwe’s newspaper, MDC spokesman Douglas Mwonzora said he was a pastor and had
gone to Nigeria on church business.
Several other Zimbabweans were visiting the Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) at the time and escaped unhurt, according to another Zimbabwean paper.
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, a rival of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, is a known follower of Mr Joshua, who is a founder of the the SCOAN church ministry and referred to as the “prophet”.
A rescue team from South Africa is now in Nigeria trying to help locate missing South Africans.
