The
Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Christian Tettey Yehonu has
directed authorities of the Synagogue Church of all Nations to quit hosting
revivals at their Spintex auditorium in Accra.
Speaking
to Citi News, DCOP Yehonu noted that the stampede that occured at the weekend
could have been avoided if the church had chosen a bigger venue to hold its
events.
Four
people died on Sunday as a result of a stampede at the Synagogue Church of all
Nations. The stampede occurred as people struggled to secure poll position to
receive holy water blessed by the Presiding Prophet, T.B Joshua.
Mr
Tettey Yehonu indicated that, "the place was too small to manage a
congregation of this magnitude", and suggested that the Accra Sports
Stadium or the independence square were more suitable alternatives to handle a
crowd of that magnitude.
Meanwhile,
officials of the Church who say this is the first time people have died in any
of their services worldwide; have told Citi News they did all in their power to
save the situation.
Reverend
Sam Mc-Canan is a Reverend at the Synagogue Church of all Nations in Accra
said: "The happening yesterday at Spintex is unprecedented, we are used to
crowds and huge numbers but not something like this. We are a crowd puller but
we are not used to a number like this. This is a first of this kind and we are
very devastated about it".
"This
is very unfortunate and we are very devastated about it. We are going to do a
thorough work to ensure this does not repeat itself. Everything started orderly
this morning, until 30 minutes when we heard a stampede outside the
office".
"We
went outside then saw some casualties lying outside there and others trampled
over. We cancelled the meeting and called the national ambulance to
intervene".
Source: peacefmonline
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