Lagos to begin probe of Synagogue building collapse on Oct. 13th

building which collapsed on
September 12th and claimed more
than 115 lives will commence sitting
on October 13th.

According to Punch, the Lagos State
Ministry of Justice said in a statement
that the coroner’s hearing will take
place at the Coroner Court on the
premises of the Ikeja Lagos State
High Court.

The coroner is to be headed by
Magistrate O.A. Komolafe, and the
witness list are: The Lagos State
Building Control Agency, the Lagos
State Ministry of Physical Planning
and Urban Development, the Lagos
State Ministry of Works, the Surveyor-
General of the state, the SCOAN
building contractors, the Standard
Organisation of Nigeria and the Lagos
State Ministry of Tourism.
Also to testify are the National
Emergency Management Agency, the
Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency, the Nigerian Red Cross
Society, the Lagos State Fire Service
and the Lagos State Transport
Management Authority.

Others are the Nigerian Police Force,
the Nigerian Security and Civil
Defence Corps, the Chief Medical
Director of the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital, the Chief Medical
Examiner of the state and officials of
the Emergency Centre of the Igando
General Hospital, Lagos State.

Various print and electronic media
houses such as The PUNCH, The
Nation, Daily Independent, The
Vanguard, P.M. News, the News
Agency of Nigeria, Channels
Television and Television Continental
are also expected to testify before
the coroner of inquest.
The General Overseer and founder of
SCOAN, Pastor T. B. Joshua, families
of the victims, an eyewitness, Lindiw
Ndwande and the chairman of the
Youth League’s International Relation
Committee of South Africa, Mr.
Rebone Tau, have also been listed as
witnesses.

Source: [Punch]