The coroner court, presided over by Chief Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe, is to deliver judgment today, 8 July, after parties in the quest had adopted their final written addresses earlier submitted to the court.
The Lagos State Government had inaugurated the Coroner’s Inquest under the state Coroner’s System Law No.7 of 2007 to investigate the cause and circumstances resulting in the death of 166 people following the building collapse of September 12, last year and bring its findings and recommendations to the appropriate authorities.
For the period the inquest lasted, the General Overseer and founder of Synagogue, Prophet Temitope Joshua, who was summoned by the coroner refused to show up.
Instead, Joshua challenged the jurisdiction of the court by filing an application dated November 11, 2014 and marked ID/188MJR/2014 before the High Court, seeking a judicial review of the Coroner’s Inquest into the September 12, 2014 collapse.
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