Eedris Abdulkareem asserts that BBC lacks moral authority to criticize any African man, citing TB Joshua

Singer Eedris Abdulkareem has criticized the BBC for its documentary on the late Prophet TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Eedris argued that the BBC lacks moral justification to condemn any African man until it produces a documentary detailing Britain’s atrocities on African soil.

His post read, “Until BBC releases a documentary on the atrocities committed by Britain on African soil, only then will they have the moral justification to condemn any African man.”

SCOAN also responded to the documentary through its public affairs director, Dare Adejumo, stating that the characters interviewed were unknown to the church. The church accused the BBC of engaging in “roadside journalism” and neglecting fairness, balance, and objectivity.

The statement from SCOAN criticized the BBC for deviating from true journalism and opting for “junk” and “stones called bread” in its reports. It labeled the documentary as insulting to professional and public intelligence, asserting that the BBC compromised its principles for personal gains against a perceived enemy.

The church argued that the BBC could have visited the SCOAN or disguised as visitors to experience what was happening directly, rather than relying on “disgruntled and manipulated individuals,” some of whom were identified as “relics of homosexual and lesbian associates.”