According to TIMES:
A judge dismissed a bid by two
contractors yesterday to stop their trial for criminal negligence over a
building collapse at a Nigerian mega church that killed 116 worshipers, most
of them South Africans.
Judge Lateef Lawal-Akapo, dismissed the defendants' appeal for the case to be dismissed, saying in the Lagos High Court it had "no merit".
Both are due to appear with Joshua on February 18 to be charged, despite another legal challenge from the popular televangelist and preacher.
Joshua repeatedly refused to give evidence at an earlier coroner's inquest, despite multiple court summonses.
He suggested the collapse was caused by a mysterious "hovering" aircraft seen over the building before the tragedy.
The coroner attributed the collapse to the unauthorized addition of extra floors to the guesthouse on the sprawling church compound.
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