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Mr. Mike Kofi Aflo, a partner of Emmanuel Television which broadcasts sermons by Prophet T.B Joshua, says the leadership of the church will soon hold a meeting with the Police Service to ascertain the cause of the incident that occurred at the church premises on Sunday. Four people lost their lives last Sunday when craving for �anointing water� prepared by the founder and leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). Prophet T.B Joshua was reported to have made an order for some bottles containing the anointing water to be distributed to his congregants in the nation but a massive stampede at the church premises led to the death of the four Ghanaian citizens. Narrating the incident to Radio Gold, Mr. Aflo said the church branch in Ghana called on the Prophet to send forth the water after a prayer meeting on Wednesday but decided to distribute it clandestinely to the congregants. The Prophet, he recounted, agreed and sent some amounts to the authorities and according to him, something which was initially planned to be a secret saw an overflow of followers from the length and breadth of the country. This, he said, led to the kerfuffle which claimed some lives even before the service could begin. Though according to him, there was a high security presence; the huge numbers overcrowded the presence of the security core. �I don�t know whether people heard that maybe anointing water will be given to some of the members or something. So, all of sudden, we realize that there was this overflow of the crowd�And the place was so packed. So, in the process, the church premises was full up and then, people were still trying to force their way through leading to the unfortunate stampede that came to the church premises.� he stated. Mr. Aflo indicated that �nothing (no anointing water) was distributed on Sunday. The man of God suspended it and said he was rather prepared to give it to various churches so that people will go to their churches and then, receive them there instead of everybody rushing down to the Ghana branch of the church�There was no service yesterday.� He however explained the intent behind the creation of the anointing water, saying Prophet T.B Joshua�s plans were to get them to various churches and governments globally. He said the Prophet promised that �governments that were willing to even take this on, he could even send it to them so that they will arrange their own distribution.�