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Posted By richards on February 11, 2015

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The Lagos coroner, Magistrate O.A. Komolafe, probing the September 12, 2014 Synagogue Church of All Nations building collapse, has further adjourned till February 17, to continue the inquest.

The decision to further adjourn followed the non-appearance of witnesses and the low turnout of lawyers and other interested parties at the resumed sitting of the court on Tuesday.

Komolafe, however, expressed his determination to conclude the inquest within the next two weeks, just as he urged lawyers and interested parties not to employ delay tactics to further prolong the inquest.

Tuesday was the first time the court would be sitting this year following its last proceeding on December 23, 2014.

The court was unable to sit on the earlier adjourned date of January 6, 2015 due to the strike embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria.

Shortly before adjourning on Tuesday, the Magistrate said the remaining days in this week would be devoted to the viewing of the CCTV footages in the courts custody by lawyers for the purpose of cross-examining some of the earlier summoned witnesses.

One of such footages was the one submitted by the Chief Security Officer of SCOAN, Mr. Sunday Okogie, capturing the rescue events from September 12 to September 16, 2014.

Okogie, in his testimony, had pointed out that contrary to their claims, officials of both the National Emergency Management Agency and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency had unrestrained and prompt access to the accident scene.

Showing the footages before the court, Okogie had submitted, My Lord, on the first day of the incident, as you can see, nobody prevented them from entering the compound. But as you can see from the video, LASEMA came with only one bus and no heavy duty equipment, as they claimed before this court.

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Synagogue: Coroners inquest resumes February 17

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