Thursday, December 18, 2014

SCOAN: Why Post Blast Investigation Stopped - Police

        The scene of the collapsed building at the Synagogue Church, Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos.

Olakunle Olanrewaju, head of the anti-bomb unit of the Nigeria Police in Lagos State, said the Coroner’s Inquest investigating the conditions which led to the downfall of a six-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, (SCOAN), that heavy rescue operation at the scene stopped him from conducting a Post Blast Investigation, (PBI).

Olanrewaju said: “I was not able to conduct a Post Blast Investigation, PBI, because of the very heavy rescue operation going on as at the time my team arrived at the site. The PBI investigation was imperative because it was suspected that a blast might have been used on the collapsed guest house.

“In fact, we searched for explosives and power source to get a clue on the cause of the collapse. We will base our decision on the outcome of the laboratory test to ascertain if the speed with which the building collapsed is consistent with control of explosion.”

He further told the coroner judge, Chief Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe, that the report of the anti-bomb unit of the state’s police command was not ready.

The SCOAN building collapsed, September 12th, when a guesthouse located within the Synagogue church premises around Ikotun-Egbe area of Lagos State distorted completely to the ground

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