SCOAN: Military Plane Hovered Above Collapsed Building- Police

A Police investigator, Superintendent Olusola Agoi said enquiries which were still ongoing, had shown that the aircraft that hovered on a certain guest house in Synagogue Church of All Nations on the 12^th of September, 2014 that killed about 116 people including 81 South Africans was a military plane, a coroner’s inquest was told today.

“We have found out that the aircraft belongs to the Nigerian Air Force and was said to be on a circuit training mission at the time of the incident. This was confirmed by the NAF,” Agoi told the hearing.

Before now, expert witnesses have ruled out a blast and said the plane which was flying at 1,100 feet was on the flight path to the nearby Lagos airport and meant no harm.

Lagos State building inspector Olutoyin Ayinde, has also said on October 30^th that based on the distance of the aircraft to the building, it was practically impossible for the aircraft to cause the collapse.  He also told the court that the guesthouse did not have planning permission and that inspections had found that several other structures on the SCOAN site were structurally unsound, before the new reports of the police today.