The Lagos State Government has set up a coroner of inquest for the purpose of investigating the cause of the September 12 Synagogue Church of All Nation’s building collapse.
This was made known in a statement credited to the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, on Sunday.
According to the statement, Ipaye had instigated the coroner’s inquest pursuant to Section 15 of the Lagos State Coroner’s System Law No. 7 of 2007.
The coroner of inquest, headed by Magistrate O. A. Komolafe, has been charged with the duty of establishing the cause of the collapse of Synagogue’s six-storey building that killed no fewer than 115 persons.
Ipaye, who spelt out the responsibility of the coroner, said its final submission might necessitate the institution of a criminal charge against the church.
The commissioner was quoted to have said, “The law requires the verdict of a coroner, as certified in writing, to be forwarded to the State Attorney General and such verdict may form the basis of criminal prosecution depending on the evidence collected.
“The coroner in this case is Magistrate O. A. Komolafe, who also sat as coroner in the Dana Air Crash case. He is expected to announce his sitting or visitation schedules and other details and to hold the inquest at the premises of the High Court of Lagos State, Oba Akinjobi Way, Ikeja.
“In doing this, he (Komolafe) has all the powers of a magistrate to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses, including medical examiners, and require them to give evidence, produce documents or present other relevant materials.”
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Wonderful! Still Planning. About 115 deaths and it took Lagos state 17 days to start planning what to do. Is Lagos state a shareholder in this death dealing church? What is the first thing to do to that premises given the situation on ground? I believe it should have been totally locked down. I am sure that didn’t happen and bros is still collecting his offerings. My friend once said “if 10 people die for church pastor go still collect offering”. I guess he was right. I want to ask no offence “if Fashola’s relative ( child, brother, sister, cousin) has been among those killed in that church will the situation have be handled like this? And as a lawyer I want to ask him what the outcome will be like if South Africa decides to include Lagos state in ar lawsuit? Just asking, I’m not a lawyer. And who will be jailed it is later confirmed that justice and due process have been perverted? This is how shameless Nigeria has become. Even when it involves foreign or international scrutiny we, in fact our Government always make fool of themselves. May God help Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteIn fact Lagos state has gone into coma. Planning if found guilty when the building has no approval and rescue efforts was barred for two days? oooo I think Lagos state official gave TB Joshua enough time to finish what he wanted to do before allowing anybody into the collapse site. This is so annoying
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