Prophet TB Joshua to Defend Deadly Church Collapse Or Face Consequences
The Governor of Lagos State Ambode has promise to sue Prophet TB Joshua for neglecting to obtain building approval before commencing the building and going against the Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law of 2010.
The Governor in a statement made public via his spokesman Habib Aruna, said the State will prosecute the Synagogue Church of All Nations for Negligence.
Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos State Governor, said on Thursday that he pledges to support the verdict of the judicial inquiry on last year's church collapse. The collapse of the 6-story building killed 118 people. 22 of them were Nigerians, 85 were South Africans, two were Beninese, and one was Togolese.
The Governor reiterated his government also "will cause the prosecution of the contractor, Engineer Akinbela Fatiregun of Hardrock Engineering Company Limited and the Structural Engineer, Oladele Ogundeji, who conducted and supervised the collapsed building respectively at the Synagogue Church of All Nations for professional negligence."
Pastor TB Joshua has failed to honor multiple court summons and abstained from testifying at the coroner's inquest. He claims a low-flying plane caused the building collapse.
Last week Joshua's church denied the coroner's findings that the collapse of the building was because of their negligence. They called the verdict "one-sided and biased."
Governor Ambode said that all landowners in the State and individuals in the State who intend to start construction projects should employ qualified individuals and competent engineers
who have building permits and licenses.
The Governor in a statement made public via his spokesman Habib Aruna, said the State will prosecute the Synagogue Church of All Nations for Negligence.
Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos State Governor, said on Thursday that he pledges to support the verdict of the judicial inquiry on last year's church collapse. The collapse of the 6-story building killed 118 people. 22 of them were Nigerians, 85 were South Africans, two were Beninese, and one was Togolese.
The Governor reiterated his government also "will cause the prosecution of the contractor, Engineer Akinbela Fatiregun of Hardrock Engineering Company Limited and the Structural Engineer, Oladele Ogundeji, who conducted and supervised the collapsed building respectively at the Synagogue Church of All Nations for professional negligence."
Pastor TB Joshua has failed to honor multiple court summons and abstained from testifying at the coroner's inquest. He claims a low-flying plane caused the building collapse.
Last week Joshua's church denied the coroner's findings that the collapse of the building was because of their negligence. They called the verdict "one-sided and biased."
Governor Ambode said that all landowners in the State and individuals in the State who intend to start construction projects should employ qualified individuals and competent engineers
who have building permits and licenses.
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