Collapsed building had no permit

 Lagos - A town planner who worked for influential Nigeria preacher TB Joshua told an inquest Thursday that the building which collapsed at Joshua's church, killing 116 people, did not have planning approval.

Bisi Adedire, who served as a consultant for Joshua, said that lack of approval did not mean the building was unsound but told the coroner that he warned church officials they were ignoring regulations.
"I told the church they have contravened the law in a way by building without approval but they said they could regularise it," he told the inquest into the causes of the deadly accident.