Synagogue Church: Police Witness Identifies Mystery Aircraft as Air Force Jet

The Investigation on the collapse guest house belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations led by Coroner court  continued yesterday with witness and DSP Olushola Agboyi officially identifying the aircraft which allegedly hovered above the building as " Hercules CH140" owned by the Nigerian Air Force.

The police Investigator of the Section, Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, laid claim that the collapse could have been a pre medidated work.

The witness who was the head of the team that the investigated the collapse and a member of the Federal Government panel said:

“I recorded statements from 34 witnesses who claimed the aircraft was flying very low and had caused panic among residents of the Ikotun area

Agboyi also said that the Police have not ruled out that the collapse was caused by structural defects, as a report is been compiled by the investigating team of the Federal Government.

Agboyi further said that a letter was written to Lagos State Ministry of Works to analyze the materials used for the building, and reports is yet to be received on that.

He maintained that the preliminary reports suggested that the collapse could have been caused by internal sabotage from lodgers or visitors to the church.

He said: “The saboteur, undetected, could have used explosives or chemical substances to bring down the building.”
The bomb disposal unit of The Police had visited the site to know what caused the collapse, but a report is yet to be recieved.

DSP Olushola Agboyi, who spoke with one of the survivors,  Mr Taiwo Temitayo Taiwo, who claimed “he heard a thunderous noise and saw lightening moments before the building came crashing.”

“The building came down in seconds. From the analysis of experts, the collapse looked like controlled demolition. It should be subjected to the testing of experts outside the country,”  Mr. Taiwo said.

Further proceeding will continue today.