On Thursday, the Lagos
State Government said it would pursue the cases it filed against Prophet T.B.
Joshua, whose real name is Temitope Joshua, to a logical end.
This statement was made by
the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem,
when he presenting the Ministry of
Justice’s stewardship at the 2018 Ministerial Press Briefing in Alausa, Ikeja.
It can be recalled that the
State Government had dragged T.B. Joshua and his church, The Synagogue Church
of all Nations, SCOAN to court after a part of its church building under
construction collapsed on September 12, 2014.
The incident claimed the
lives of no fewer than 115 persons which included 85 South Africans who were on
pilgrimage to the church.
Prophet T.B. Joshua and his
church are jointly facing 110 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Kazeem
disclosed that the procedure of such high profile cases in any court of law is
usually very slow. He said,
“The wheels of justice move
very slowly at times, especially, when it is a high profile case.
That is why the case
involving the Synagogue Church and its founder has been dragging on for a
couple of years.
Only recently, the
prosecution closed his case but usually, when prosecution closes his case, the
defence counsel is supposed to open his defence.
However, the defence counsel
filed a ‘No case submission’ claiming that the state had not established any
case against the suspect.
But I am happy to state
that they lost the ‘no case submission.’
They were instructed by the
court to open their defence so that the matter can progress.
I believe that very soon,
we will come to a conclusion of that matter.”
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