The General Overseer of Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has reacted to the fire outbreak that hit his church's headquarters today.

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For Pastor Oyakhilome, it was not an accident but a catalyst for greater things.

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He recalled that during the 2021 bombing at Ikeja Cantonment, the church building shook so much that he feared it would collapse, but it remained standing.

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The pastor mentioned that they had engineers assess the situation, and it was confirmed that the building was stable.

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Pastor Chris expressed that he is not disheartened by the incident, and he and his congregants will build a larger church to glorify God.

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"Nothing happens in the life of a child of God by accident. During the 2001 Ikeja Cantonment bombing incident, the building vibrated so much, and we thought it was going to collapse. I thought to myself that if it collapsed, I was going to build a bigger, better one. At the end of the day, it didn't collapse, and we called the engineers to see if there was any need to bring it down and rebuild, but it was still okay.

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"Now that this has happened, we will build a bigger, better, and more glorious one, and the devil will lick his wounds," he said during a live Sunday service at the church's campground, Asese, monitored by Vanguard Newspaper in Nigeria.

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This follows a fire that swept through the Christ Embassy Church Headquarters in Ikeja's Oregun District, Lagos State, as reported by Channels Television, a Nigerian media outlet.

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Eyewitnesses confirmed the incident, and multiple social media videos showed the massive edifice being destroyed by fire.

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The fire broke out early Sunday, causing significant damage to the church property and sending shock waves throughout the community and beyond.

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The Lagos Fire Service was on the scene to manage the situation, and no lives were reported lost.

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