BY KALIKENE MSUKWA
Renowned fallen preacher TB
Joshua victimized hundreds of people through unspoken torture and rape, the BBC’s
African Eye has published.
The report, which the media giant says took them two years to investigate, includes interviews with ex-TB Joshua disciples in which they allege various atrocities.
The BBC says it has found “Dozens
of eyewitness accounts of physical violence or torture carried out by Joshua,
including instances of child abuse and people being whipped and chained.
“Numerous women who say they
were sexually assaulted by Joshua, with a number claiming they were repeatedly
raped for years inside the compound.
“Multiple allegations of
forced abortions inside the church following the alleged rapes by Joshua,
including one woman who says she had five terminations.”
Several media pundits have,
however, questioned the BBC’s report as opinionated and deficient of core
investigative journalism rudiments.
TB Joshua died in 2021 and was
a charismatic and hugely successful preacher and televangelist who had an
immense global following.
