The
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR) yesterday urged the
Federal and Lagos State Governments to investigate and account for the
identities of the helicopter and strange plane which flew low over the
collapsed building at Synagogue church four times within 24 minutes.
In
a statement issued and signed by the committee’s National President and
National Treasurer, Comrade Sunny Enenuvwedia and Deji Adebowale,
further urged the FG and state governments to also find out the mission
and those responsible for the helicopter and plane.
The
helicopter and plane were said to have flew low over the synagogue
hotel and left and minutes after that, the building crumpled.
According to the CDHR, if FG and the governments fail to embark on investigation, it will, “call on the African Union and the United Nations to as a matter of urgency compel the Federal government to do so.”
The statement read that consequent upon it findings on the cause of the tragedy that befell the country and others foreign countries, “we deem it necessary to demand that the Lagos State Government should conduct investigation into the structural cause (if any) of the collapse of the building as a matter of urgency. That the Federal Government of Nigeria should, within 48 hours, account for the identities of the helicopter and the strange plane which flew low over the building four times within 24 minutes. The authority of the Synagogue Church of All Nations should cooperate with appropriate authorities to get to the root cause of the unfortunate incident and that every person and institution in Nigeria should be more security conscious.”
According to the statement, “In view of the ramification of this event, the CDHR has set up a committee to follow up on the above demands and fully investigate the entirety of the incident and produce a full report later.”
CDHR noted that immediately after the incident, it has commenced investigation into the incident by contacting its members living in the area and have received information from them as to their account and observations of what happened on the day.
“We also visited the site of the collapsed building and interviewed some resident of the Church. We also viewed a CCTV record of the situation of the environment before and up to the time of the collapse of the building.”
It also observed from the findings that the compound of the Synagogue Church of All Nations housing the collapsed is located on Segun Irefin Street, Ikotun-Egbe, Nigeria on Latitude 6.54679N and Longitude 3.27261E.”
It further states that the location is far from any approach to the Ikeja or any airport in Lagos hence it was abnormal for any plane to head for the location at all.
According to the CDHR, if FG and the governments fail to embark on investigation, it will, “call on the African Union and the United Nations to as a matter of urgency compel the Federal government to do so.”
The statement read that consequent upon it findings on the cause of the tragedy that befell the country and others foreign countries, “we deem it necessary to demand that the Lagos State Government should conduct investigation into the structural cause (if any) of the collapse of the building as a matter of urgency. That the Federal Government of Nigeria should, within 48 hours, account for the identities of the helicopter and the strange plane which flew low over the building four times within 24 minutes. The authority of the Synagogue Church of All Nations should cooperate with appropriate authorities to get to the root cause of the unfortunate incident and that every person and institution in Nigeria should be more security conscious.”
According to the statement, “In view of the ramification of this event, the CDHR has set up a committee to follow up on the above demands and fully investigate the entirety of the incident and produce a full report later.”
CDHR noted that immediately after the incident, it has commenced investigation into the incident by contacting its members living in the area and have received information from them as to their account and observations of what happened on the day.
“We also visited the site of the collapsed building and interviewed some resident of the Church. We also viewed a CCTV record of the situation of the environment before and up to the time of the collapse of the building.”
It also observed from the findings that the compound of the Synagogue Church of All Nations housing the collapsed is located on Segun Irefin Street, Ikotun-Egbe, Nigeria on Latitude 6.54679N and Longitude 3.27261E.”
It further states that the location is far from any approach to the Ikeja or any airport in Lagos hence it was abnormal for any plane to head for the location at all.
Every
plane approaching the Ikeja Airport to land always approach from the
direction of Ijoko-Sango-Ota axis. Even planes that have not been given
permission to land by the control tower of the airport in Ikeja always
hover above the Papa-Lanto road and the Redemption Camp on Lagos Ibadan
Expressway. Such planes have never been known to hover around the
Ikotun-Egbe area based on the fact that the location is far from the
approach to the Ikeja Airport said the statement.
“The mission of the helicopter to the residence of Pastor T. B. Joshua, around 8am is very suspicious and it appears it was there to confirm the location of his residence for unknown reasons and the mission of the strange plane that flew and circled the collapsed building four times within 24 minutes also is very suspicious and is a cause for concern.”
It emphasised, “We know that only the Federal Ministry of Aviation and the Nigerian Air Force has the authority to permit any kind of plane to fly over any part of the Nigerian Airspace for whatever purpose hence only the Federal Government can account for the identity and mission of both the helicopter and the plane.
“The collapse of the building has resulted in the violation of the rights to life, privacy and property of the victims and the Church, hence we believe such terrible incident should never be allowed to pass without proper investigation to ascertain those responsible for the incident as the true cause is still in the realm of conjecture.”
“The mission of the helicopter to the residence of Pastor T. B. Joshua, around 8am is very suspicious and it appears it was there to confirm the location of his residence for unknown reasons and the mission of the strange plane that flew and circled the collapsed building four times within 24 minutes also is very suspicious and is a cause for concern.”
It emphasised, “We know that only the Federal Ministry of Aviation and the Nigerian Air Force has the authority to permit any kind of plane to fly over any part of the Nigerian Airspace for whatever purpose hence only the Federal Government can account for the identity and mission of both the helicopter and the plane.
“The collapse of the building has resulted in the violation of the rights to life, privacy and property of the victims and the Church, hence we believe such terrible incident should never be allowed to pass without proper investigation to ascertain those responsible for the incident as the true cause is still in the realm of conjecture.”
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