Lagos State Government may Prosecute Prophet T.B Joshua

It looks like Synagogue leader T.B
Joshua will be prosecuted by the
Lagos State Government over the
collapse of his building on
September 12th that left more than
115 people dead.
According to Punch, the state
government has set up a coroner of
inquest for the purpose of
investigating the cause of the
building collapse.
This was made known in a
statement credited to the Lagos
State Attorney General and
Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade
Ipaye, on Sunday.
According to the statement, Ipaye
had instigated the coroner’s inquest
pursuant to Section 15 of the Lagos
State Coroner’s System Law No. 7 of
2007.
The coroner of inquest, headed by
Magistrate O. A. Komolafe, has been
charged with the duty of
establishing the cause of the
collapse of Synagogue’s six-storey
building that killed no fewer than
115 persons.
Ipaye, who spelt out the
responsibility of the coroner, said its
final submission might necessitate
the institution of a criminal charge
against the church.
The commissioner was quoted to
have
said, “The law requires the verdict
of a coroner, as certified in writing,
to be forwarded to the State
Attorney General and such verdict
may form the basis of criminal
prosecution depending on the
evidence collected.
“The coroner in this case is
Magistrate O. A. Komolafe, who also
sat as coroner in the Dana Air Crash
case.
He is expected to announce his
sitting or visitation schedules and
other details and to hold the inquest
at the premises of the High Court of
Lagos State, Oba Akinjobi Way,
Ikeja.
“In doing this, he (Komolafe) has all
the powers of a magistrate to
summon and compel the attendance
of witnesses, including medical
examiners, and require them to give
evidence, produce documents or
present other relevant materials.”
Source: Punch

Chibok School Girls Abduction by Boko Haram Insurgents- Latest Story about one of them who has just escaped

One of the 276 abducted Chibok schoolgirls
whisked away by Boko Haram insurgents in April
has been released by the terrorists.
The freed teenager who was identified as Susan
Ishaya was said to have been released on Sunday,
September 21 set free by her captors.
According to reports from Business Day, Enoch
Mark, the chairman, Association of Abducted
Chibok Girls’ Parents, told BusinessDay on
telephone that the teenage girl who, he said, was
at the moment traumatized arrived Chibok late
Sunday having spent four days between the place
she was set free and Chibok.
He said: “I have been instructed to take
her to Adamawa police command in Yola
where she would be medically taken care
of. She is traumatized at the moment
because her speech is not coordinated. As
I speak to you now, I am on my way to
Adamawa. When she is stabilized I will
encourage her to speak to you. The young
lady with me here should not be up to 20
years”, he said.
Enoch, with the daughters still at the
mercy of the Islamist sect, said it was the
insurgents that dropped the girl off at the
point where they asked her to find her way
and that she wondered round many
hamlets for four days before she was able
to locate Chibok.
“Let me be clear to you, the military has
nothing to do whatsoever about her
release. It was the insurgents who decided
to show her mercy, lest anybody takes the
glory of her freedom. Whatever the military
might be doing now is rather too late. The
damage has been done already. I shed
tears when I saw her. A girl of less than
20 has suddenly turned old woman. We
pray others including my two daughters
would be set free soon. By the time she is
fully rested we should be able to get some
information from her”, he said.
It would be recalled that the military on
Tuesday claimed to have rescued some of
the girls. Shortly after, it retracted its
statement.
Army spokesman, Brig-Gen Chris
Olukolade, had told the BBC there were
girls in military custody, but not those
from Chibok as originally thought.
The abduction of the girls had caused
worldwide outrage and sparked a social
media campaign.
Protests were organised under the hashtag
#BringBackOurGirls, calling on the Federal
Government to do more to free the girls,
who had gone to the school in Chibok
from surrounding areas to take their final
year exams.
Shortly after the abduction, Boko Haram
released a video showing more than 100
of them and offering an exchange for
prisoners.
In recent days there have been
unconfirmed reports that the government
has been negotiating a deal with Boko
Haram to exchange the abducted girls for
imprisoned Islamist fighters.