Synagogue Building Collapse: Court Sends Contractors Back to Kirikiri

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Synagogue Building Collapse: Court Sends Contractors Back to Kirikiri

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 Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, reserved ruling until May 3, 2016, on the bail applications filed by the two engineers who supervised the construction of the collapsed six-storey guest house owned by the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). The judge arrived at the decision shortly after entertaining arguments from lawyers in the matter. In her application dated April 19, 2016, brought pursuant to Section 115 of Section 2 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, counsel to Fatiregun, Titi Akinlawon (SAN) argued that the offences committed by the defendant is a bailable offence. She said, “He has been charged before for the same offences at the magistrate court and did not jump bail. So if granted bail now, he will also not jump bail.” Lawyer to Ogundeji, Olalekan Ojo also said, “Granting him bail will put him (defendant) in the best position to prepare for his trial.” But the lawyer to Lagos State, Idowu Alakija urged the court not to grant the defendants bail. She argued that while the court has the discretion to grant bail or not, “The 4th defendant (Ogundeji) does not have an address within the jurisdiction of the court and therefore may jump bail if granted.” It would be recalled that the Registered Trustees of the SCOAN and the two engineers who supervised the construction of the collapsed six-storey guest house owned by the church and their companies were arraigned before Justice Lawal-Akapo. They were arraigned after the judge threw out the separate applications filed by the defendants through their lawyers who had prayed the court for proceedings to be stayed pending their appeal at the Court of Appeal.

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