The Synagogue Church of All Nations has been held responsible for negligence which led to the collapse of its guest house on September 12, 2014.
The Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, was on Wednesday, July 8, indicted by the Coroner for the collapse of its guest house on September 12, 2014, which claimed lives.
The coroner ordered that the church “be investigated and proceeded against, under the law, by the relevant authority for not possessing necessary building permits”.
Chief Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe recommended that Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun of Hard Rock Construction Company Limited, which handled the project, be probed and tried for criminal negligence.
In a 98-minute verdict, Komolafe identified “foundation failure as the remote cause of the collapsed building.
He also identified “structural failure due to a combination of designs and detailing errors as cause of the building collapse”.
Chief Magistrate Komolafe directed that a detailed “fitness for habitation test” be done on the remaining structures/buildings on SCOAN premises on Segun Irefin Street, Ikotun, Lagos.
He discredited the claims of the church and its witnesses that an aircraft which hovered over the building with infra-sonic sound caused the building to collapse.