Lekki Building Collapse: Cool FM’s Freeze Blasts Inconsistencies

The tragedy of the collapsed building in Lekki rumbles on and in another chapter popular Cool FM OAP, Freeze has weighed in. There were reports that the Lekki Gardens MD, Richard Nyong and his contractor have been detained in police custody for 30 days, pending investigation into the building collapse which killed over 20 people.

This has now brought to light the fact that a similar experience of a building collapse and with even much more fatality of 100 people dying involving Prophet TB Joshua did not lead to an arrest or even a court appearance.

Freeze believes that this is an injustice and has called out the relevant authorities in this post below:

What really is Justice???

I have no qualms seeing a young man who committed a crime pay for that crime. Life is sad, before Richard came along, you could not dream of buying a house in LEKKI for 20million naira, his dream was to make choice housing affordable and available. Somewhere down the line mistakes were made and lives were lost! And yes I agree…… Someone must pay!
Now my questions;Why is he in handcuffs and remanded in prison when that ‘prophet’ whose building collapsed and killed more people than Ebola, Lassa fever and this alleged ‘LEKKI gardens’ put together is walking free??? Why is that prophet not in handcuffs too??? It was even alleged, that he didn’t show up in court the last time the courts sat. Is this true??? If it is true, then why is Richard ‘remanded’ in prison while Mr prophet ‘comes from home’??? Is there a special court for ‘prophets’ or do we have special ‘laws’ for them???
Is our government afraid of prophets???

Are the people who lost their lives in the Church less valuable than the people who lost their lives in the LEKKI Gardens saga?

My humble advice: Richard should be released to go home and attend hearings from home like the ‘prophet’. Or the ‘prophet’ should be picked up, handcuffed and locked in the same cell with Richard while he attends trial!
Or does the change we voted for include turning Nigeria into the African version of George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’, where “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others?”
I might not know law and justice, but I definitely know injustice!
I appeal to everyone to lend their voice to this and ensure we have ‘JUSTICE FOR ALL’
Please retweet this hashtag untill we are heard! #Justice4A”

We’ll see how this develops and if there’d be any response or actions taken after this outburst by Freeze.

One social media observer said:

TB Joshua‘s case is different from Richard’s case in many ways and getting a good lawyer may not be sufficient. Don’t be surprised that wole olaonipekun is playing both sides, everybody befriends the government. The best he may do is negotiate a soft landing for Richard. I don’t know a lot about joshua‘s case but the little I know will suffice.

1. TB joshua‘s prosecution started under an outgoing fashola while the current case is being prosecuted under a zealous ambode who is trying to impress lagosians .

2. TB joshua didn’t break government seal to resume work on his site but Richard did and that in itself is criminal. It’s a clear case of manslaughter.

3.Why did the Lagos state government rush to give preliminary findings without waiting for full investigation? Is Akpabio behind LG has touted in many circles? If yes this may be an opportunity for an APC government led by ambode to attack his funding. If the APC have any axe to grind with akpabio this will be tough for Richard. If you doubt me check Dasuki vs Buhari.

4. Instead for lekki gardens to lay low, They were wrongfully advised to issue a false press release that was debunked by artisans who survived that collapse. Some of those artisans havent even been paid their wages for weeks . By doing that they destroyed any sympathy well meaning lagosians should have for them. Those facts will probably come up in court.Trust me public sympathy also matter in the dispense of justice.

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