A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja
has awarded a N25, 000 fine against the Founder, Synagogue Church Of
All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, for “deliberately stalling hearing” in
a suit he filed against a Lagos coroner, Magistrate O.A. Komolafe.
Komolafe is the coroner probing the
September 12, 2014 building collapse in the premises of SCOAN in Ikotun,
Lagos. No fewer than 116 persons, mostly South Africans, died in the
incident.
Justice Lateefa Okunnu, while awarding
the cost against Joshua on Tuesday, berated the prophet for “wasting the
time of the court and tax payers’ money.”
The judge expressed displeasure that the
matter, which was filed in December last year, had been bogged down in
several adjournments at the instance of Joshua.
Okunnu’s order followed the announcement
by Joshua’s lawyer, Chief Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), that his client had
filed two fresh applications before the court in relation to the case.
Okunnu said it was clear that the day’s proceeding had been hampered by Joshua’s fresh applications.
The judge said the fine must be paid
before the next adjourned date and that Joshua must file an affidavit of
compliance as evidence.
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