Synagogue: Court orders substituted service on engineers

 



Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Friday ordered that a substituted service be effected on the engineers that supervised the collapsed guest house belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations.

The judge gave the order while ruling on the suit filed by the Lagos State government against the trustees of the church.

Specifically, she directed that substituted service of the court process ‎ be effected on the contractors by pasting same on the front door of their addresses at 34, Akindele Street, off Kollinton Bus-Stop, Alagbado, Lagos State, and 42, Toyin Street, Ikeja, Lagos State respectively.

The court also ordered that photographic evidence showing the Sheriff of court pasting same should be tendered before the court.

The engineers – Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun are the fourth and fifth defendants in the criminal charge initiated by the Lagos State government against the defendants including The Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Hardrock Construction Company, and Jadny Trust Limited, who are first and third defendants in the charge respectively.

Prior to the order of the court, counsel to the state government, Idowu Alakija, had informed the‎ judge of the existence of a “motion experte” dated December 11, 2015 and filed on the same date.