TB Joshua's building did not have planning approval

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 A town planner who worked for influential Nigeria preacher TB Joshua has told an inquest 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 he says he told the coroner that he had warned church officials they were ignoring building regulations.

Adedire stressed that having planning approval does not guarantee the quality of a building and argued the church's failure to follow protocol was an administrative issue which likely had
nothing to do with the collapse.

Joshua, a self-proclaimed prophet, has claimed the collapse in September may have been sabotage and has on three occasions ignored summonses to testify.