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Posted By richards on October 17, 2014

The coroner investigating the cause of the September 12 Synagogue building collapse has demanded for the list of the people lodging in the building prior to the accident.

This demand was made on Thursday during a visit to the site of the collapsed building by the coroner, Magistrate O. A. Komolafe.

Komolafe, who made the demand, said the list would be an important complement to the work of the pathologists in identifying the corpses.

We want to be able to identify all the victims, because those bodies will not be released to their relatives if we cannot identify them.

They will be given mass burial, which is not appropriate, Komolafe said.

The coroner reiterated that the mission of his court was not to convict anyone but to uncover the factor responsible for the collapse of the six-storey building.

Like I said at the inaugural sitting, we are not here on a witch-hunt or to convict anybody. We are here for a fact-finding purpose and how we can ascertain the cause of the incident, he added.

In his own submission, the Lagos State Chief Forensic Pathologist, Prof. John Obafunwa, who accompanied the coroner on the visit, buttressed the coroner, adding that there was no harm in making the list available to the court.

Obafunwa also delivered a formal letter addressed to the church requesting for the manifest.

He said, In an investigation of this nature, we need to carry out our own tests. DNA analysis will not give you a name. There is nothing wrong with what we are asking for.

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Coroner visits Synagogue, demands lodgers list

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