Manslaughter: Synagogue engineers get N20m bail

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday granted N10m bail each to two engineers, Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, who constructed the collapsed Synagogue Church Of All Nations’ six-storey building.

The building, which collapsed on September 12, 2014 killed no fewer than 116 persons and left many others injured.

The two engineers alongside their companies – Hardrock Construction and Engineering Company and Jandy Trust Limited – are being tried on 110 charges of involuntary manslaughter.

Standing trial along with them are the Registered Trustees of SCOAN, who were charged with the offence of building without the approval of the state.

The defendants were arraigned on April 19, 2016 by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo.

They had pleaded not guilty, following which the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs. Idowu Alakija, urged the judge to remand Ogundeji and Fatiregun in prison custody pending trial.

However, counsel for the 4th defendant, Fatiregun, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, and that of the 5th defendant, Ogundeji, Mrs. Titilola Akinlawon (SAN), respectively filed applications urging the court to admit their clients to bail on liberal terms.

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