Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo finally arraigned the defendants after dismissing the application filed by the 2nd and 5th defendants seeking to quash the charge and stay of further proceedings pending the determination of the application at the Court of Appeal.
The two engineers, who constructed the collapsed building, Messrs Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, and their companies, Hardrock Construction and Engineering Company and Jandy Trust Limited, were also arraigned alongside the trustees.
The Office of the Attorney General, Lagos State had filed its Information Papers since September, 2015 containing 111 count charges against the Synagogue Trustees and the two engineers that supervised the construction of the collapsed building and their respective company’s before a Lagos State High Court.
The Defendants were arraigned for charges bordering on failure to obtain Building Approval contrary to Section 75 of the Urban and Regional Planning Law of Lagos State 2010, involuntary manslaughter causing death contrary to Section 222 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
Since the charges were filed, the defendants had deployed several tactics to stall their arraignment by filing several applications including the instant applications which were dismissed today by the trial judge.
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