Zimbabwean TV personality Vimbai Mutinhiri is under fire after she defended the late TB Joshua amid r@pe allegations levelled against him.
The BBC investigated TB Joshua, who died in 2021, and unravelled how the acclaimed Prophet s_xually abused his disciples. The source stated that he r@ped over 100 women, based on the testimonies from the people who worked with him from as early as the 1990s.
Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) disciples would only sleep for two hours. They worked in an environment dominated by fear and subjugation. Most of them described their experiences as slavery in a concentration camp.
The witnesses also chronicled how TB Joshua attempted to cover up the 2014 collapse of one of his guest houses. About 115 people d!ed after the building crumbled to the ground. TB Joshua announced that the building was compromised by an unidentified plane that passed the church four times before the collapse.
The source whistleblowers said TB Joshua added more floors to the structure without approval. The foundation of the guest lodge could not withstand more stress, and the building collapsed, crushing 115 people alive.
Zimbabwean model, TV personality and former Big Brother Africa Vimbai Mutinhiri raised ire after defending the late embattled church leader.
In 2022, she hosted the show My TB Joshua Moments which aired on Emmanuel TV. The program celebrated the impact of the late preacher.
As people condemned the alleged acts of TB Joshua, Vimbai entered the fray and defended the Prophet. She said:
“My prophet would simply smile and say: leave it for God 🙏🏾”
A Nigerian on Instagram questioned if she has ever lived with TB Joshua enough to invalidate the whistleblowers. Vimbai responded:
“I lived at the church for some time. He told me, ‘I am sending you to the prayer mountain. 3 days, 3 nights, No food. No water.’ And that’s how the rest of my life started. When I moved to Nigeria, he said, ‘My daughter, you have finally come home.’
“When God revealed that I was about to lose my job, he called and said, ‘This opportunity is ending. Let me make a plan for you.’ When my sister died, he said come and live with us; you shouldn’t be alone. And all this is only the tip of the iceberg of the kindness, love and guidance I benefitted from this incredible man.”
Source iHarare.com
