synagogue church collapsed likely cause by strange Aircraft- Police investigator- Premium Times.

The five-storey building belonging to the
Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN,
which collapsed in September, killing 115
people, may have been destroyed by a
strange aircraft which flew over it shortly
before the incident, a police investigator
told a coroner inquest Wednesday.
The collapse may also have been caused by
sabotage, or structural failure, the
investigator claimed.
Standing as witness, the head of homicide
section at the state Criminal Investigation
Department, CID, Panti, Olushola Agoyi,
said the three factors, suggested by the
founder of the church, T.B. Joshua, and the
Lagos State government, were also what
the police found as likely causes for the
collapse.
“In my recommendations, three parameters
might be responsible for the collapse.
Internal sabotage, strange aircraft,
structural and civil aspect of the building,”
Mr. Agoyi said.
Mr. Agoyi said in the course of his
investigation, he recorded statements from
34 persons including Nigerians, Togolese
and South Africans.
“I recorded statement from 34 witnesses
and I’m aware that the aircraft caused
panic,” Mr. Agoyi said, acknowledging that
his investigation remained open.
The founder of Synagogue Church of All
Nations, Mr. Joshua, blames the building
collapse on a strange aircraft and attack by
extremist group Boko Haram, while the
Lagos State government says the building
was structurally defective.
The police investigator, Mr. Agoyi, said the
way the building came down “was just like
that of a controlled demolition and there
were some smoke like dust that came out”.
Mr. Agoyi recommended that soil and
particles which he described as “smoke-like
dust” should be treated as exhibits and
examined by foreign experts.
“If experts analyse all these, it could be as
a result of controlled demolition and I
recommended that these mentioned
exhibits should be tested by foreign
experts”.
According to the police investigation, an
aircraft which flew over the building
shortly before the collapse, belonged to the
Nigerian Airforce and was on a circuit
training mission.
The coroner inquest will continue it
inquest tomorrow, November 20.