Justice Lafeet Lawal-Akapo of the Lagos State High Court in Lagos will today (Tuesday) decide whether or not to admit into evidence a Compact Disc (CD) video recording of the collapse building belonging to Syanagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN).
Justice Lawal-Akapo fixed the date during the ongoing trial of the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church and the two engineers that constructed the collapsed building,
Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun their companies, Hardrock Construction and Engineering Company and Jandy Trust Limited and the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church who were arraigned before the court by the Lagos State government on a 111 count charge of criminal negligence, manslaughter and failure to obtain building permit.
At the resumed hearing of the matter yesterday, the defence led by Chief Efe Akpofure (SAN) objected to the admissibility of the CD during continuation of the testimony of Mr Olutoyin Ayinde, a former Lagos State Commissioner of Physical Planning and Urban Development.
The CD is purportedly containing a Close Circuit Television (CCTV) recording of an aircraft hovering above the building moments before its collapse.
Akpofure said: “I am objecting My Lord in the first place to the admissibility of document sought to be tendered by the prosecution because it has been labeled by the witness as being computer generated.
“Going by the evidence of the witness who said ‘until I watch the CD, I won’t be in a position to ascertain whether this is the video I am referring to in my evidence.’ This witness is not in a position to tender this evidence until he sees the content and identifies same.
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