This is an official communication from The
Synagogue, Church Of All Nations regarding some
stories currently being reported in the media about
the recent incident that happened in The SCOAN.
Our attention has been drawn to a publication in the
Vanguard Newspaper of 26th September 2014 titled,
‘Synagogue: We Sealed Off Building Before Collapse –
LSBCA’.
In the article, the General Manager of the Lagos State
Building Control Agency, Mrs Abimbola
Animashahun Odunayo was quoted as saying that
the agency had sealed off the building before it
collapsed and that the church ignored the warnings
of the agency to stop construction. The story was
initially published by online media portal News24.
We deem it necessary to state that the above
publication is not true in that:
1. No contravention notice was served on the church
before the collapse because there was no reason for
the issuance of such notices.
2. The building had never been sealed off for any
reason whatsoever before the collapse of 12th
September, 2014.
3. At no time was any stop-work notice or directive
served on the church or pasted on the building prior
to 12th September, 2014.
We however wish to state that the letters that were
written to the church by LSBCA were written after the
collapse of 12/09/14 in the following order:
1. A letter dated 16/09/2014 Ref No. LASBCA/AL/PCA/
DH/01 requesting for the submission of a
development permit and approval of structures
within the church complex, four days after the
building collapsed.
2. A contravention notice dated 17/09/2014 Ref No.
AL/LASBCA/DH/PCA/CN 06 alleging certain
contraventions, five days after the building collapsed.
3. A letter dated 17/09/14 Ref No. AL/LASBCA/DH/
PCA/CN 06 requesting for non-destructive tests for
structural stability, five days after the building
collapsed.
It must be noted that no sealing or quit notice has
been served as the building never called for such.
In the above circumstances, we would like to believe
that LSBCA has been quoted out of context with the
motive of destroying the ongoing investigation into
the case as well as casting doubt on the position of
the church that the collapse was due to an attack.
Our attention was also drawn to a publication in
Nigeria’s Guardian Newspaper of Friday 26th
September 2014 titled, ‘Early Probe Report Indicates
Compromise In Synagogue Building.’
The article quoted the Honourable Commissioner for
Physical Planning and Urban Development, Lagos
State, Mr Toyin Ayinde, as saying that one of the
columns or pillars of the collapsed building in the
church measured 2 feet by 2 feet and that the
reinforcement used for the same was 16mm.
This publication is also misleading and untrue. There
is no doubt that it was calculated to give the
impression that the collapse was due to structural
defects as against the position of the church to the
contrary.
We hereby request all the involved parties to take the
necessary steps towards correcting such dangerous
misinformation so as not to mislead the entire
country and the international community.
We also urge the media to take necessary steps
towards avoiding the publication of unconfirmed
stories in future.
We should not pre-empt and interfere with the
ongoing investigation.
The SCOAN

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