THE Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS), yesterday confirmed that fire engulfed the main auditorium of Christ Embassy Church headquarters, Oregun, Ikeja, but was put under control. LSFRS’ Director, Mrs. Margret Adeseye, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday, in Lagos.
Adeseye said the fire impacted the main auditorium of the church. She said that the fire escalated because the church’s fire service thought they could handle the situation by themselves without recourse to the Lagos Fire Service.
She said the cause of the fire could not be ascertained at the moment until after proper investigation (NAN).
… Oyakhilome Reacts, Calls It Opportunity To Build Better, Bigger Church
THE President and Founder of LoveWorld Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has reacted to the fire incident at the church’s headquarters in Lagos. Oyakhilome, during a live service, yesterday at the church’s campground, Asese, said what happened was not an accident but an avenue for bigger and better things. Early yesterday’s morning, social media was agog with videos of the church building at Oregun, Ikeja on fire.
According to the pastor, “Nothing happens in the life of a child of God by accident. During the 2001 Ikeja cantonment bombing incident, the building vibrated so much and we thought it was going to collapse. “I thought to myself that if it collapsed, I was going to build a bigger, better one.
At the end of the day, it didn’t collapse and we called the engineers to see if there was any need to bring it down and rebuild, but it was still okay. “Now that this has happened, we will build a bigger, better, and more glorious one and the devil will lick his wound.”
