Federal High Court reassigned Synagogue collapsed building matter

A Federal High Court in Lagos has reassigned the suit filed by two structural engineers who constructed the six storey building of the Synagogue Church of all Nations which collapsed in September2014 to another judge.
The case had initially been before Justice Muhammad Idris before it was later reassigned to Justice Ibrahim Buba for continuation of trial.
At the resumed hearing, Counsel to the two engineers, Mr. Olalekan Ojo pleaded for more time to respond to the counter application filed by the Council for the Regulation  of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN.
The two structural engineers, Messrs Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun, had gone to court to seek an order quashing the verdict of the coroner’s inquest which advised the state government to prosecute them for criminal negligence.
They are seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Lagos State Attorney General or any officer under his authority from initiating or commencing criminal proceedings against them on the basis of the coroner’s verdict that indicted them of criminal negligence.
They also prayed the court to stop the police from arresting and investigating them based on the verdict of the coroner.
But the engineers, who are displeased with the verdict of the coroner, had approached a Federal High Court in Lagos seeking outright dismissal of the coroner’s findings and recommendations.
They urged the court to make an order restraining the police from arresting or inviting them for questioning based on the verdict of the coroner.
The court has adjourned till October nineteenth, to hear the preliminary objection.
The September 12, 2014 tragic incident claimed the lives of 85 South Africans, 22 Nigerians, two Beninoise, one Togolese and six unidentified persons.