Nigeria: T.B. Joshua's Church, Contractors Face Prosecution, Indicted for Criminal Negligence

9 July 2015

The coroner's inquest, which investigated the circumstances that led to the collapse of a six-storey guest house belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), yesterday indicted the church founded by Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua for the collapse.

The 10-month long inquest, presided over by Chief Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe, in its verdict, also indicted the structural engineers - Messrs Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun of Hardrock Construction - who supervised the construction of the building, and recommended that they should be investigated and tried for criminal negligence.

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