18/12/2024
The Church That Killed 200 Members And Got Away With It…
On the 10 of December 2016, nearly 200 church goers lost their lives at the Reigners Bible Church International in Uyo, during the Ordination of the church owner; Apostle Dr Akan Weeks. Thirty minutes into the church service, just when the lead singer was about to call for offerings, the church roof, made up heavy metal trusses, collapsed heavily on the church members, instantly killing 60 people on the spot and injuring many others who would go on to die from their injuries, raising the death toll to roughly 200 victims.
It turned out that the church building was rushed and some scaffolds were removed so that there will be more space for members to occupy. The engineers and architects accused the church owner Apostle Akan Weeks of being the one who ordered the building to be rushed and also the one who ordered the scaffolds to be removed so that his church can house more people. The removal of the scaffolds and the rushing of this building was what ultimately led to the death of 200 church goers.
The then governor of Akwa Ibom state Emmanuel Udom was present at this ordination, he was whisked away just in time, surving the tragedy. After the realization of this horror he ordered for an investigation as he was willing to punish anyone who is found to be responsible for this carelessness.
8 Years Later…. No one was ever punished for this tragedy. And the family of the victims were never compensated.
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