The trustees of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN)
will on Monday (November 30, 2015) be arraigned before a Lagos State High Court
in Ikeja over the collapse of a six-story building in the church on September
12, 2014, which led to the death of 116 persons.
will on Monday (November 30, 2015) be arraigned before a Lagos State High Court
in Ikeja over the collapse of a six-story building in the church on September
12, 2014, which led to the death of 116 persons.
Senior Pastor of the church, Prophet T.B Joshua is one of
the trustees.
the trustees.
The trustees will be arraigned before Justice Lawal Akapo
alongside the engineers who constructed the collapsed building.
alongside the engineers who constructed the collapsed building.
A statement by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs of the
Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Bola Akingbade, confirmed the scheduled
arraignment.
Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Bola Akingbade, confirmed the scheduled
arraignment.
It would be recalled that Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal
High Court in Lagos had dismissed the fundamental human rights enforcement
suits filed by the engineers who constructed the collapsed six-storey building
to stop their planned trial.
High Court in Lagos had dismissed the fundamental human rights enforcement
suits filed by the engineers who constructed the collapsed six-storey building
to stop their planned trial.
The church building, a guest house, collapsed in September
2014, killing 116 people, many of them South Africans who travelled to Nigeria
for the church’s service in Lagos.
2014, killing 116 people, many of them South Africans who travelled to Nigeria
for the church’s service in Lagos.
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