The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria,
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has instituted a law suit against Lagos state Governor,
Babatunde Fashola over the state government's plan to demolish the Lagos branch
of his church, Word of Life Bible Church, situated on Plot 21E, Abdulrahman
Okene Close, off Ligali Ayorinde Street Victoria Island Annex.
The suit filed before Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of a Lagos
High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square, Pastor Ayo and the Incorporated Trustees of
his church asked the court for an order of interlocutory injunction,
restraining the state government from demolishing, destroying, dispossessing or
forcibly ejecting the church from the property.
According to court papers obtained by The Nation, Pastor Ayo
alleged that after applying for a building plan approval from the state
government and it was not forth coming within the regular period, he made due
enquires personally by writing several letters and holding meetings with the
former and present governors, Bola Tinubu and Fashola respectively but his
efforts yielded no results.
He stated in the court papers that in March 2013, he
received a letter from the state government, directing him and his church board
to submit some certain documents to facilitate the process of the approval of
the building plan which him and his board complied with. He said while him and
his church board was still awaiting the building plan approval in order to
continue with their church building, they suddenly discovered that the state
government had pasted a certain contravention notice dated January 20 on its
fence.
He prayed the court to halt any planned action by the state
government to demolish or eject them from their property.
Joined as co-defendants in the suit are the Lagos state
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.
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