The Lagos State Government has opposed an application seeking to
stop the prosecution of the two engineers who built the collapsed
Synagogue Church Of All Nations’ six-storey building.
The two structural engineers, Messrs Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, had gone to court to seek an order quashing the verdict of the coroner’s inquest which advised the state to prosecute them for criminal negligence.
They are seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Lagos State Attorney General or any officer under his authority from initiating or commencing criminal proceedings against them on the basis of the coroner’s verdict that indicted them of criminal negligence.
The two structural engineers, Messrs Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, had gone to court to seek an order quashing the verdict of the coroner’s inquest which advised the state to prosecute them for criminal negligence.
They are seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Lagos State Attorney General or any officer under his authority from initiating or commencing criminal proceedings against them on the basis of the coroner’s verdict that indicted them of criminal negligence.
They also prayed the court to stop the police from arresting and investigating them based on the verdict of the coroner.
Contrary to the claim by SCOAN that the collapsed building was sabotaged, the coroner had, after the inquest on July 8, 2015, found that structural defect was responsible for the collapse of the building,
The coroner, Mr. Oyetade Komolafe, had then held the engineers liable for the death of the 116 persons who perished in the September 12, 2014, tragic incident and recommended them for prosecution.
Contrary to the claim by SCOAN that the collapsed building was sabotaged, the coroner had, after the inquest on July 8, 2015, found that structural defect was responsible for the collapse of the building,
The coroner, Mr. Oyetade Komolafe, had then held the engineers liable for the death of the 116 persons who perished in the September 12, 2014, tragic incident and recommended them for prosecution.
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