Synagogue: Weapon investigator says collapsed building attacked

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.