I’ll prosecute Synagogue Church Contractor - Ambode

Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos state governor today, Thurday,16th July, stressed that his administration will enforce the verdict of the court to prosecute the Synagogue Church of All Nation over the collapse in the church that left over 100 dead last year.
The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, said;

“His Excellency hereby reiterates his Government’s commitment to uphold and enforce the sanctity of the law in the state and calls on all Lagos resident to respect the rule of law,” the statement said.
The Governor said that one of the provisions of the Coroner Law 2007 is the provision that empowers a Coroner to commence an inquest to find out the cause and manner of death which occur in an unusual manner.
He said that consequent upon the collapse at the premises of Synagogue Church building, the state government applied that a coroner’s inquest be commenced into the cause of the tragic deaths.
The Governor said the state governmen
 “will cause the prosecution of the contractor, Engineer Akinbela Fatiregun of Hardrock Engineering Company Limited and Structural Engineer, Oladele Ogundeji who constructed and supervised the collapsed building respectively at the Synagogue Church of All Nations for professional negligence”.
He added that the state government will also prosecute the Synagogue Church of All Nations for neglecting to obtain building approval before commencing the building, contrary to the provisions of the Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law 2010.

The governor, therefore, appealed to residents of the state to always allow emergency responders perform their duties of emergency as they are trained for this purpose.
“He enjoins land owners within the state who intend to embark on construction to employ the services of qualified and competent engineers who must obtain building permit before construction,” the statement said.