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Word of Life Bible
Church Headquarters, Warri, Delta State (Photo source: Nairaland.com)
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The
president, Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has filed a
suit against Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, over alleged plans by
the government to demolition his church located in Victoria Island.
The Nation reports it
was alleged that the state government has the intention of demolishing Word of
Life Bible Church, situated in Plot 21E, Abdulrahman Okene Close, off Ligali
Ayorinde Street Victoria Island Annex.
Joined
as co-defendants in the suit are the state’s Attorney General, Ministry of
Physical Planning and Urban Development, Lagos state Building Control Agency,
Lagos State Physical Planning permit Authority and Lagos State Task force on
Environmental Sanitation.
In
the suit instituted before Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of a Lagos High Court,
Tafawa Balewa Square,) the Incorporated Trustees of Word of Life Bible Church,
prayed the court for an order of interlocutory injunction, restraining the
state government from demolishing, destroying, dispossessing or forcibly
ejecting the church from the property.
The
church averred that after applying for building plan approval from the
respondents and it was not forth coming within the regular period, the
claimants through Pastor Orisejafor made due enquires, wrote several letters
and held meetings with the former and present governors, Bola Tinubu and
Fashola respectively.
The
claimant argued that in March last year, it received a letter from the
defendants directing them to submit some certain documents to facilitate the
process of the approval of the building plan which it complied with.
But while it was still
awaiting the building plan approval in order to continue with the building, the
claimant said it suddenly discovered that the defendants had pasted a certain
contravention notice dated January 20 on its fence.
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