The Nigerian Police say that the Synagogue six-
storey building could have been felled by a
technique known as controlled demolition.
The Homicide Department of the State Criminal
Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos, has
explained that controlled demolition is when a
building is felled using a chemical or electronic
device.
The Head, Homicide Investigation and Crime
Scene Management, DSP Olusola Agoyi, who was
testifying at the resumed sitting of the Coroner,
Magistrate O.A. Komolafe, probing the cause of
the September 12 tragedy, said that the speed
and the rate at which the Synagogue building
caved in, coupled with some dust-like smoke that
followed were peculiar elements seen only in a
building felled by controlled demolition.
The investigator said that it was not impossible
for a saboteur to have disguised into the church
premises as a lodger or a visitor.
The Coroner, Magistrate Komolafe, was however
not impressed with the level of investigation
done. He, therefore, instructed the Police to do a
proper investigation as he would be called back
to testify.
The representative of the Standard Organization
of Nigeria (SON), Bede Ogbeya, in his report,
stated that the result of the test carried out
revealed that the site had compressive strength
and surface hardness value below the minimum
standard requirement.
As the proceedings continued in the court room, a
large crowd had gathered outside the court to
wait for the arrival of the church founder, Prophet
Temitope Joshua, but he was no where insight
and the Coroner was again disappointed that the
Prophet was not in court.
He, therefore, adjourned due to a malfunction of
the recording device till Friday, November 21,
warning that if Joshua still failed to show up, a
bench warrant would be issued for his arrest.
It was still unclear why the prophet did not show
up in court and if he eventually would.
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