Months of investigation into the June 3 crash that killed more than 153, will now continue.
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday, struck out an interim order seeking to restrain the Lagos State government from conducting a Coroner’s inquest into the cause of the June 3 Dana Air crash.
The presiding judge, Okon Abang, also vacated the order he gave on August 28, paving the way for the inquiry to continue pending the outcome of the main suit.
The court awarded N10, 000 in legal fees to the state government, to be paid by the Civil Aviation Roundtable Initiative, which instituted the suit.
The judge said the decision was for the interlocutory application, while the main suit is to be decided on a future date. Hearing for parties wishing to be joined in the main suit is fixed for the October 11.
“If I decide the issue raised by the plaintiffs(CARI) now, the court will have decided the main matter in an interlocutory application without hearing all the parties in the suit,” Mr. Abang said.
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