Lagos State Begins Moves To Determine ‘Cause & Manner’ Of TB Joshua’s Synagogue Collapsed 6 Storey Building That Resulted In Death Of 86 With Coroner Inquest

Acting in compliance with constitutional provisions, the Lagos state government as instituted concrete moves to determine the ’cause and manner’ of the collapsed T.B Joshua’s Synagogue’s 6 Storey building the resulted in the death of 86 and injury of over 130 victims.

This development states via coroner inquest.

Here are the details as made available by Mr Bola Akingbade, Public Relations Officer- Lagos State Ministry of Justice.

‘Following the recent incident of a collapsed building within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations at Ikotun Egbe, Lagos, a Coroner’s Inquest has been instituted under the Lagos State Coroner’s System Law No. 7 of 2007 for the purpose of establishing the cause and manner of the incident and the several deaths that followed.

The inquest was initiated by the State Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, under section 15 of the Coroner Law which provides that a Coroner shall hold an inquest whenever he is informed that the death of a deceased person lying within his Coroner District was as a result of a violent, unnatural or suspicious occurrence.

The Coroner has extensive powers to investigate the cause and circumstances of death and bring his findings and recommendations to the attention of appropriate authorities. In doing this, he 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.

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 prosecutions 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/visitation schedules and other details and to hold the inquest at the premises of the High Court of Lagos State, Oba Akinjobi Way, Ikeja.’