{"id":37210,"date":"2019-12-23T15:50:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=37210"},"modified":"2019-12-23T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:55:05","slug":"collapse-synagogue-guest-house-defence-closes-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/collapse-synagogue-guest-house-defence-closes-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Collapse Synagogue Guest House: Defence Closes Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Defendants in the Synagogue church collapsed Guest house have closed their case with the cross examination of the last witness in the Lagos High court sitting at Igbosere.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">During resumed proceedings, the court heard that the mode of collapse of Synagogue church Guest House negated the characteristics of collapsed building with structural defects.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Professor Patrick Nwankwo stated this while being crossed examined by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosection, Mr Yequob Oshoala.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nwankwo, a Professor of Structural Engineering and Construction Materials, an expert witness at the instance of Engr Oladele Ogundeji who is facing trial for the collapsed building as its Supervising Engineer was before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Any defective building whether emanating from under or over reinforcement,&nbsp; poor constructional materials among others will have a ductile type of collapse.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;That of Synagogue Guest House was too catastrophic and such could only have been caused by an external factor&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Asked by counsel to first defendant, Olalekan Ojo (SAN) what he meant by &#8220;the type of collapse&#8221;, the professor of structural engineering clarified: &#8221; if defective or substandard materials were used, the mode of collapse would be ductile and gradual&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He shared in the views of the prosecution that a building with defective structural and substandard materials could lead to collapse.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He, however, maintained that: &#8220;different mode of types of collapse is dependent on types of materials used.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The characteristics of a building coming down on itself is different. If it is structural defect or use of defective materials, the mode of collapse will be ductile and gradual.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This is not the case with the collapsed Synagogue church guest house. This building has about 12 frames.&nbsp; The frames, beams, columns would not all have collapsed at the same time. It can only happen by some external forces&#8221;, he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">While further responding to questions from the DPP, Professor Nwankwo an international expert said he was motivated to conduct investigation on the collapsed Synagogue church building by its unusual mode of collapse, professional and academic concern noting: &#8220;Engr Ogundeji is a known competent professional colleague whom I have known over time&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nwankwo who said he conducted the investigation by visiting the place, asking questions, examining the various investigations already carried out and the technical drawings on the building stated that his reports submitted to the court was thorough in the integrity of the profession&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The European trained expert who had earlier conducted various researches on collapsed structures in the country said he was not involved in the previous enquiries instituted by Corona Inquest on the collapsed Synagogue church building.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Responding to DPP on the Orion Design Software output he faulted on the first prosecution witness against the collapsed building,&nbsp; Nwankwo who is also a Master in Orion design Software operation said what was earlier interpreted from the Orion output was completely wrong because &#8220;there&#8217;s usually a print out of whatever is rejected by Orion software which was not the case here. I used the same 750mm by 225mm and it was not rejected by same Orion design Software as can be seen evidentially in my report. &#8220;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Earlier in the cross examination by Mr Oluseye Diyan, Chief Efe Akpofure (SAN) and Mrs Titi Akinlawon (SAN) an beexpert in Structural engineering stated there were appropriate international standard codes guiding construction industry and he had examined the collapsed Synagogue church building&#8217;s structural elements, its design and construction works meeting all the required appropriate codes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The trial which has been on since 2014 when the building collapsed that killed many nigerians and foreign nationals has undergone protracted trials with several witnesses drawn by both the prosecution and defendants.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo adjourned the case to January 24, 2020w<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendants in the Synagogue church collapsed Guest house have closed their case with the cross examination of the last witness in the Lagos High court sitting at Igbosere.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":32904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[6597],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-37210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-faith","tag-collapse-synagogue-guest-house"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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