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Today, the Lagos State Government arraigned the Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN).— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
Two other engineers who constructed the collapsed six-storey building within the premises of the church were also arraigned, today.— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
The accused were arraigned before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo despite efforts by the defense team to reschedule the arraignment.
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
Lagos through the Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem had filed the criminal charge against the accused persons
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
The criminal charge against the accused persons was filled since September, 2015 but the arraignment could not hold ...
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
...owing to several applications filed by the defence team challenging the competence of the charges.
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
But at the resumed hearing today, the accused were specifically arraigned on charges bordering on failure to obtain building approval.
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
Failure to obtain building approval is contrary to Section 75 of the Urban and Regional Planning Law of Lagos State 2010.
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
Since the charges were filed, the defendants had deployed several tactics to stall their arraignment by filing several applications.
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
The lead counsel representing the defendants had made several efforts to convince the court not to proceed with the arraignment...
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
... but same was rejected by the court.
— LASG Monitoring Team (@LAGOSGMT1) April 19, 2016
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