Following a revealing investigation documentary produced by BBC news Africa on the alleged sexual crimes and horror committed by late Prophet TB Joshua, his television station, Emmanuel TV have exited DStv, GOtv and Paytv.
The popular Emmanuel TV (DStv 390) announced its withdrawal from MultiChoice’s DStv and GOTV, as well as other pay-TV services, effective January 17, 2024.
The pastor, who died on June 5, 2021, is the subject of a three-part documentary produced by BBC news Africa eye with at least 30 former members and workers of TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) accusing him of abuse, harassment, rape, manipulation, torture, and staged miracles.
While the victims alleged the sexual crime and other shenanigans of the deceased spanned over two decades, it also revealed how SCOAN shielded its congregation from the truth about the collapse of one of the church’s guesthouses in 2014
Emmanuel TV was founded by the late televangelist TB Joshua in Nigeria in 2006. It gained popularity and expanded its reach during the lifetime of the evangelist especially, through its YouTube channel, which became one of the most subscribed Christian ministry YouTube channels globally.
The YouTube page channel in April 2021 was shut down due to “gay curing” claims.
The claims were said to have violated policies against alleging mental illness, disease, or inferiority based on membership in a protected group, including sexual orientation.
Consequently, Emmanuel TV had to start over on YouTube, and some of its posts were also removed by Facebook for the same reasons.
The exit of the station from cable networks may constitute some low level of followership for the church which is now being led by the wife of the deceased, Evelyn Joshua
