TB Joshua

===Posthumous abuse accusations===
In 2024, the BBC published findings from a two-year investigation, reporting that Joshua had abused followers over more than 15 years.<ref name="BBC 2024"/> The BBC reported that at least 150 people lived in Joshua's secretive Lagos compound as disciples, sometimes for years or decades, and many interviewees described SCOAN as a [[cult]].<ref name="BBC 2024"/> More than 25 church followers from various countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Britain, the U.S., South Africa, Namibia, and Germany, revealed alleged abuse within the church and by Joshua personally, including multiple rapes, torture, and [[forced abortion]]s.<ref name="BBC 2024"/>

One Namibian woman said that Joshua repeatedly raped her, the first time when she was seventeen years old, and that she was forced to have five [[unsafe abortion]]s while at the compound.<ref name="BBC 2024"/> A British woman also said that Joshua had assaulted her, and that she was held under [[solitary confinement]] in the compound, where she made numerous [[suicide attempt]]s.<ref name="BBC 2024"/>

Multiple other interviewees reported that they were regularly subject to physical abuse, such as being beaten with electrical cables and horse whips, and were subjected to [[sleep deprivation]].<ref name="BBC 2024"/> Other witnesses in Nigeria said that after publicly disclosing abuse, they were attacked.<ref name="BBC 2024"/> SCOAN denied that Joshua had committed any wrongdoing.<ref name="BBC 2024"/>

Joshua was again accused of faking televised "healings" of followers.<ref name="BBC 2024"/>

The BBC report led to negative response in African media, with the report being condemned as 'propaganda',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blueprint.ng/the-bbc-public-interest-or-propaganda/|title=The BBC: Public interest or propaganda?|last=Idris|first=Tijani|date=28 September 2023|accessdate=28 January 2024|publisher=Blueprint Newspaper}}</ref> and "dirty lies",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailypost.ng/2024/01/09/theyre-dirty-lies-fani-kayode-fumes-over-bbcs-heavy-allegations-against-tb-joshua/|title='They're dirty lies' - Fani-Kayode fumes over BBC's heavy allegations against TB Joshua|last=Sunday|first=Ochogwu|date=9 January 2024|accessdate=29 January 2024|publisher=[[Daily Post (Nigeria)|Daily Post Newspaper]]}}</ref>  and other sources questioning why the BBC chose to publish the report long after Joshua's death, where no response would be possible.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cameroonnewsagency.com/documentary-on-tb-joshua-bbc-criticized-for-releasing-film-on-dead-prophet/|title=Documentary on TB Joshua: BBC criticized for releasing film on dead prophet|date=8 January 2024|accessdate=28 January 2024|publisher=Cameroon News Agency}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailypost.ng/2024/01/09/tb-joshua-lies-have-become-truth-iginla-reacts-to-bbc-report/|title=TB Joshua: Lies have become truth - Iginla reacts to BBC report|date=9 January 2024|publisher=[[Daily Post (Nigeria)|Daily Post Newspaper]]}}</ref> SCOAN itself condemned the BBC for "descending into fictional narratives and propaganda, thus turning itself into a weapon for a hatchet job as gangsters in the gab of journalism with a destructive ulterior motive for personal gains against a perceived enemy".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leadership.ng/synagogue-church-tackles-bbc-over-documentary/|title=Synagogue Church Tackles BBC Over Documentary|date=10 January 2024 |accessdate=28 January 2024|publisher=Leadership News}}</ref>