An old video of the late Nigerian televangelist T. B. Joshua giving an account of how he contributed to Ajoke God'swill Joshua—one of his daughters' upbringing—has surfaced online.

This video comes at a time when BBC identified Ajoke - one of the first whistle-blowers to reach out to its outfit about the alleged abuse she witnessed at her father's church, the Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan).

Ajoke was taken in by TB Joshua and this information was provided by the Nigerian Police in a Crime Diary extract on Ajoke. She was abandoned at the age of one month old by an unknown person beside the street Opposite the Synagogue Church Egbe on May 12, 1995, at about 1535 hrs.

Since that tender age, she has been catered for by the church led by TB Joshua. During one of his interactions with his congregants, the late televangelist shared details of his struggles in bringing up his adopted daughter.

According to TB Joshua, Ajoke was a deviant in school, the British School of Lome, where he had her enrolled.

"Do you know I paid huge money. Almost $50,000 and the time I withdrew her, they said they cannot refund the money. I overlooked. I returned her again and they said I should pay again, $40,000 wasted. I paid another money, $30,000 wasted. Now I withdrew her again."

"In the British School, there is a letter from the school where this girl stole money," he added.

In a letter of plea reportedly drafted by Ajoke, she stole 41,000 CFA.

On the 4th of August 2015 one Mr Sunday Okojie of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun Egbe Lagos, came to the Area 'M' Police Command Idimu Lagos and reported Ajoke Godswill.

The complainant stated further that on the 26th July, 2015, while the Church service was going on, Ajoke Godswill '' sneaked out of the Church service and absconded with a male friend of hers whose name was not known, but was seen with her in the church premises where she resides to an unknown destination. That every effort made so far to locate her whereabouts has proved abortive.

TB Joshua, who died at the age of 57, was one of the most influential and controversial religious figures in Africa. He claimed to have the power to heal various diseases, including HIV/AIDS and cancer, and to prophesy about world events.

He was praised by some as a man of God and a philanthropist, but he was also criticized by others as a fraud and a cult leader. He faced several lawsuits and investigations over his practices and claims, and he was also accused of being involved in politics and corruption.

Now, a BBC documentary - "Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua" - has reignited the debate over his legacy and the future of his church, as well as the wider issues of accountability and regulation in the Nigerian and African religious landscape.

Ajoke is one of the primary sources for BBC's documentary.

Until the age of seven, Ajoke says she had a very happy childhood, going on holiday with the Joshua family to places like Dubai.

But one day everything changed. She was suspended from school for a misdemeanour, and a local journalist wrote an article referring to her as the illegitimate child of TB Joshua. She was pulled out of school and taken to the Scoan compound in Lagos.

"I was made to move to the disciples' room. I didn't volunteer to be a disciple. I was made to join," she says.

The disciples were an elite group of dedicated followers who served TB Joshua and lived with him inside the maze-like structure of the church. They came from all over the world, many staying at the compound for decades.

"The disciples were both brainwashed and enablers. Everybody was just acting based on command - like zombies. Nobody was questioning anything," she says.

BBC further recounts Ajoke narrative.

"Not long after arriving, aged seven, she remembers being beaten for wetting the bed and then being forced to walk around the compound with a sign around her neck saying "I am a bedwetter."

"The message about Ajoke was that she had terrible evil spirits that needed to be driven out," says one former female disciple.

"There was a time in the disciple meetings - he [Joshua] said people could beat her. Anyone in the female dormitory could just hit her and I remember just seeing people slapping her as they walked past," she says.

"From the moment Ajoke moved to the church in the Ikotun neighbourhood of Lagos, she was treated like an outcast.

"She was, like, kind of labelled the black sheep of the family," says Rae, from the UK, who spent 12 years living in the church as a disciple. Like most of the former disciples interviewed by the BBC, she opted to only use her first name.

"Rae remembers a time when Ajoke slept for too long, and Joshua shouted at her to get up," BBC wrote.

The old videos of TB Joshua recounting the challenges he faced while raising Ajoke and the recent BBC interview has left many completely at sea as to what to believe.

Per BBC, Ajoke no longer goes by Joshua.

The wife of the late Nigerian megachurch leader and televangelist, Prophet TB Joshua, Pastor Evelyn Joshua, has urged members of his church to remain faithful and focused on Jesus Christ amid controversy sparked by a BBC documentary exposing alleged abuse and torture by the late prophet.

Pastor Evelyn Joshua, who assumed leadership of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) after her husband's death in June 2021, addressed the congregation on Sunday, January 14, 2024, at the church's headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria.

This marked her first public address to the church since the release of the BBC Africa Eye documentary titled "Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua."