The trial of Nigerian pastor TB Joshua over the building collapse at his Lagos mega-church that killed more than a hundred people was on Thursday delayed for two weeks.
Joshua, church trustees and two engineers are accused of criminal negligence and involuntary manslaughter after the 2014 collapse of a guesthouse in the pastor’s sprawling Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) that left 116 people, dead, most of them South African.
Last week, the court threw out a legal challenge by the engineers to stop the trial, but at the hearing on Thursday, they tried to halt proceedings again.
Joshua, a self-styled faith healer with a following across Africa, was not present in the courtroom.
The trial has had several adjournments since last year due to numerous legal challenges.
Despite multiple court summons, the televangelist repeatedly refused to give evidence at the earlier coroner’s inquest, causing critics to say the influential pastor is flouting the rule of law in Nigeria.
