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Prophet T.B. Joshua (Photo Credit: Synagogue
Church of All Nations)




by Nosa Osazuwa
On Monday 8th February 2016, Justice Lawal-
Akapo of the Lagos High Court dismissed the
application of The Synagogue, Church Of All
Nations (SCOAN) engineers to forestall trial
pending the outcome of an appeal they had
earlier submitted.
This comes on the heels of the Lagos State
government, through its Attorney General,
admitting to committing a judicial slip by
predicating its legal action against the engineers
on the coroner’s verdict of 2015.
Fundamental issues raised in the judicial review
by The SCOAN lawyers included a prayer seeking
to determine whether or not the Magistrate
Oyetade Komolafe-led coroner’s inquest was a
creation of law.




It would be recalled that while delivering his
verdict on the coroner’s inquest, Magistrate
Oyetade Komolafe ruled that Alimosho Coroner’s
District was a creation of law despite a careful
review of the Lagos State Coroner’s system
revealing no such district existed
The legal implications of this include all the
recommendations of the controversial coroner
amounting to a nullity in law.
Even though the Lagos State Government agreed
through its Attorney General and Commissioner
for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, to have
committed a legal error, it has not apologised or
withdrawn the case against the engineers.
“The ruling of Justice Alogba dismissing the
application of the engineers amounts to an
infringement on their rights to fair hearing,” a
lawyer told newsmen outside the court premises.
Justice Akapo fixed February 18, 2016 for the
continuation of the trial.
It would be recalled that The SCOAN has
persistently maintained its stance that the
collapse was as a result of sabotage while the
Lagos State Government declared structural
failure was behind the tragedy.
Nosa Osazuwa, a writer from Lagos, was present
during the court hearing