Judge backs coroner, tells TB Joshua to appear before inquest

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TB Joshua, General Overseer, SCOAN

TB Joshua, General Overseer, SCOAN

A coroner investigating the collapse of a church building in Lagos in which 116 people died was within his rights to summon the head preacher to give evidence, a high court judge said Friday.

Judge Lateefat Okunnu dismissed an attempt by lawyers for the popular televangelist TB Joshua to limit the scope of the inquest on the grounds that the coroner had exceeded his powers.

“The application is without merit. It fails in its entirety and is hereby dismissed,” Okunnu told the hearing at the Lagos High Court.

Joshua, whose followers at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper