Jonathan visits collapsed building as death toll hits 86

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited the collapsed guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Lagos, promising to investigate the cause of the tragedy as the death toll hit 86, rescuers said Saturday. "The president came to the church this morning to see things for himself. He met with Prophet T.B. Joshua and expressed his condolences to the bereaved families," Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency told AFP. He said Jonathan promised to investigate the cause of the September 12 collapse of the guesthouse at Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) which left scores trapped in the debris. Farinloye said the death toll now stood at 86 as against the previous figure of 84 after the various emergency teams involved in the operation had reconciled their figures.