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Synagogue Building Collapse: TB Joshua To Testify On November 5th
Prophet TB 
Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, will on November 5th appear before a coroner’s inquest investigating the recent collapse of its guest house.
The Lagos State Coroner, Oyetade Komolafe, announced Joshua’s appearance on Friday at the resumption of the inquest at an Ikeja High Court.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inquest was instituted under the Lagos State Coroner’s System Law No. 7 of 2007 for the purpose of unraveling the cause of the incident.
NAN recalls that no fewer than 115 persons were reportedly killed, with the majority being South Africans after the six-storey building collapsed on September 12th.
Komolafe said the physical appearance of the church’s founder was important to the inquest, adding that his lawyer, Jude Nnadi (SAN), should advise him accordingly.
“The court has summoned him, let him come and tell us what he knows. He cannot sit over there and be sending words to us that he cannot come.
“The court has said that for the purpose of what we are doing that he should come over,” the coroner said.
He said the contractor in charge of the collapsed building and the witnesses of the Police would also testify on November 5th.
Komolafe also directed the church to provide the list of the people lodged at the collapsed building to the court at the next adjournment fixed for October 28th.
“We must expedite action on the issue of the bodies knowing full well that majority of them are not Nigerians.
“One of the most important thing for us is to identify these bodies,” he added.
Meanwhile, a Chief Operational Officer with the Lagos State Fire Service, Musiliu Adebayo, has told the court that the building collapse was not caused by an explosion.
“The number of people rescued would not have been possible if there was an explosion before and immediately after the collapse,” Adebayo.
Also testifying, Bamidele Oladiti, Zonal Head, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Ejigbo Area, said its officials helped to reduce human and vehicular traffic after the incident.
Speaking to newsmen after the hearing, Louis Mnguni, the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, said the unfortunate incident would not affect the relationship between both countries.
Mnguni said the South African Government was putting plans in place to return the corpses of the victims to their relatives after the inquest.
Posted by Kunda
on October 24, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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B2
October 24, 2014 at 8:23 pm
See! He is so arrogant hr doesn’t want to appear before the commission, what kind of man of God is that?
lesa ni palobe
October 24, 2014 at 9:26 pm
The world is watching!!
Smigo
October 25, 2014 at 7:08 am
His end will be calamitous! He might end up paying a huge fine or he could potentially get imprisoned if he doesn’t run away.
KASONDE
October 25, 2014 at 8:24 am
AH AH AH AH AH AH; WHY SHOULD HE RUN AWAY?
Down with TB Joshua!!
October 25, 2014 at 9:26 am
Run where to? Not on this planet. Unless he dissappear to Mars by miracle.
Judge Joe Bidden
October 25, 2014 at 8:14 am
Ba TUMFWEKO didn’t I say so so many times? It’s just international law when such calamity befell on innocent victims the owner of the structure need to face the law. Now am happy. .. let him be answerable.
humphrey
October 25, 2014 at 8:30 am
GOD WILL STRENGTH TB JOSHUA AND THE TRUTH WILL BE ESTABLISHED.ITS NOT WHAT THE COURT WANT TO HEAR BUT THE TRUTH THAT GOD WILL REVEAL. ANYONE WHO TOUCHES THE MAN OF GOD AND KILLS THE SERVANT OF GOD HAS BROUGHT CURSE OVER HIMSELF OR HERSELF.SINCE THE NIGERIA GOVT HAS DECIDED TAKE THE MAN OF GOD TO COURT WATCH THE SPACE ON HOW GOD WILL DEFEND HIS SERVANT. I REPEAT WATCH THE SPACE NIGERIA AND THE WORLD AT LARGE ON HOW GOD STANDS WITH HIS PEOPLE
Down with TB Joshua!!
October 25, 2014 at 9:28 am
bla bla bla bla..
club zero
October 25, 2014 at 9:08 am
Ba tumfweko u dnt ve any other news apart from TB joshua stories,I sick of this shit
Me
October 25, 2014 at 1:55 pm
Christians & non Christians must understand that anything that cannot be explained scientifically or by human reasoning is Spiritual.Science contracts the Bible on the creation of man.If we say that the building collapse was not caused by an explosion because the number of people rescued would not have been possible if there was an explosion before and immediately after the collapse, scientifically, how can we explain a situation where Jonah stayed in the belly of fish for three days without being digested? Has the investigating team also found out where the plane that flew over the SCOAN building three times took off from,landed and what kind of people were in the plane? The truth will be known at the end of it all. My condolences go to the bereaved Families, may Jehovah God strengthen them in Jesus name.
muta muta
October 25, 2014 at 8:43 pm
God b with us. tb Joshua is heaven sent, I say so, let only fools argue!