Collapsed Synagogue church building didn't have enough foundation- Witness reveals

A civil engineer, Dr. Olusegun Oyenuga, told a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Friday that the six-story building of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations which collapsed on September 12, 2014, did not have sufficient foundation.

Oyenuga, a former President of the Nigerian Institute of Structural Engineers, also said it is possible that the construction of the collapsed building was not supervised by any structural engineer as none came forward to defend the project during investigation.



Oyenuga appeared on Friday as the first prosecution witness before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo where the Registered Trustees of the SCOAN are being tried for erecting a building without obtaining the approval of the Lagos State government.

The two engineers who built the collapsed building, Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, are also being tried alongside their companies, Hardrock Construction and Engineering Company and Jandy Trust Limited, on 110 counts of involuntary manslaughter over the death of the 116 persons that perished in the collapsed building.

Source Punch News