A 37-year-old weapon researcher and
graduate of Chemistry from the University of Maiduguri, Mr. Biedomo
Iguniewei, has said that the collapsed six-storey building within the
premises of the Synagogue Church for All Nations could have been felled
with a high energy infrasonic radiation.
Iguniewei on Monday told the coroner
probing the circumstances surrounding the September 12 tragedy that he
was in a position to reach such a conclusion based on his work
experience with the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria, where he
said he had worked for six years. He said the aircraft that reportedly
hovered above the church shortly before the building came down could
have fired infrasonic radiation weapons at the building.
The witness described himself as an
independent consultant with specific interest in explosives and weapon
research and that he is currently a post-graduate student of Explosives
and Material Science at the Nigerian Defence Academy. No fewer than 116 persons, mostly South Africans on pilgrimage to SCOAN, reportedly died in the incident.
The witness said that due to his
background and research experience in explosives and military weapons,
he took personal interest in the collapsed building and had consequently
visited the site of the collapsed structure all the way from Kaduna
with a view to carrying out a research and publishing a paper. “I was worried when I heard them talking
of controlled demolition. And from the video that I watched, I started
asking myself: What could have led to the building crumbling in near
vertical fall?” Iguniewei said.
Iguniewei said that after eliminating
all the other possible options, he came to the conclusion that the
building could possibly have been fired upon with infrasonic radiations. According to Iguniewei, an infrasound is
a type of sound measuring below 20Hz, which is below what the normal
human ear could detect. He said, “The striking thing about
infrasound is that you cannot hear it and you cannot see it but it
causes remarkable vibrations when used as a weapon.
“Those of us who work with the security know that weapons are produced and they are always looking for where to test them. “I am of the opinion that what happened
that day, especially with the strange plane-like objects seen in the
video, was that an infrasonic radiation was fired upon the building; and
if you observe, you will discover that it took about 30 minutes for the
building to come down.” He added, “It is important for this
court to be aware of this option but why it could have been used here is
another matter entirely.
“But since I have been pondering on why a
building would collapse the way this one did, this is the most
plausible explanation for me.” The witness said it had become important
to consider the option of infrasonic radiation, especially with the
repeated movement of the aircraft, which was said to have repeatedly
passed over the collapsed building. “That plane-like object flew close to
the building, and that is all that is needed for the infrasonic
radiation to reach the building.
As far as I am concerned, the repeated
overpass of the plane-like object is to ensure that the building
received enough dose of the radiation sufficient to bring it down. “Engineers generally believe that a
structure would fail due to bad foundation and bad materials but if you
go there now the foundation pillars are still very intact. My position
is that the building weakened from the top,” Iguniewei insisted. When asked what would be seen as the
evidence in the aftermath of an infrasonic attack on a building, the
witness said there would be no material evidence because the radiation
neither generated heat nor resulted in burning or charring.
He said, “The bomb expert who is looking
for chemical residue will not see anything like a by-product and of
course there is no charring because all that the radiation does is to
cause a vibration of the atoms from their position resulting in the
emission of electrons.” Meanwhile the suit filed by the founder
of SCOAN, Prophet T.B. Joshua, to challenge his invitation to testify at
the inquest was stalled on Monday. The suit could not be heard as the
defence counsel told the court that he had only just been served on
Monday morning with a further affidavit filed by SCOAN.
Justice Lateefa Okunnu consequently adjourned till January 12, 2015.
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