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Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Oritsejafor drags Fashola to court over plans to demolish his Lagos church

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. 

 
In 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.

139 comments:

Unknown said...

Hmm! Dis people dem sef

ijeoma said...

Abeg nxt

Atobatele said...

Tug of war. This would be settled amicably soon.

Unknown said...

Seen. Chigozielahot@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

chai. eeziboyy@yahoo.com

knowurway.com said...

Hmm Lol. Bobbyferafavorirabo@gmail.com

knowurway.com said...

Hmm Bobbyferafavorirabo@gmail.com

Unknown said...

Touch not my anointed. Obumnemeudeze@gmail.com

Unknown said...

the man no want make fashola demolishe him ministry na...what do you expect

knowurway.com said...

Hmm Bobbyferafavorirabo@gmail.com

ujunwa said...

Next?????? ..Ijeoma iwe na ewekwa gi???

Unknown said...

Fashola u no try at all
richardemekagbor@gmail.com

PALCINO D KING said...

Don't know who 2 believed

Unknown said...

Sighs

Unknown said...

Lily of life! Hope say I dey try?

Unknown said...

Your excuse isn't sound enough

#Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

vanecia said...

Nawa

Alloy Chikezie said...

Ghen ghen!


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Unknown said...

Hmmmm

Unknown said...

OK ooo. .
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Unknown said...

Mk nobody touch my fashola oooo

Unknown said...

Dat is their prob

Anonymous said...

Diaiz God ooo
israel.dairo@gmail.com

Unknown said...

The name of the church reach make dem demolish am..
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Unknown said...

church biz

T.David said...

I am sure Oga Ebele will not let it happen.daviddvnt130@gmail.com

elovi said...

Hmmn

elovi said...

Na wa

Toronto Finest said...

Dem never demolish your own house? Wait na small time remain..

Nonny said...

Enough drama for naija

nwadikedeb said...

isnt that what they shld settle amicably

ogeee said...

Drama begins!

Unknown said...

Touch not my anointed and do my prophets no harm, I think some pastors don't deserve that saying. NEXT PLEASE««QUEENMAYA»REPORTING LIVE»

Anonymous said...

ok let the drama unfold


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nkiru said...

na their problem but Fashola is a good man. but Linda like what is happening i cant even read my book just holding my laptop like a baby waiting for ur post since morning this is crazyOOOo all my room mate are all busy watching and commenting on ur blog. one of us must win oooooo, non has taken her bath today lol, Linda u causing big tension!

Unknown said...

I think so too.
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Anonymous said...

na wa o...pedrotoki80@yahoo.com

nkiru said...

na their problem but Fashola is a good man. but Linda like what is happening i cant even read my book just holding my laptop like a baby waiting for ur post since morning this is crazyOOOo all my room mate are all busy watching and commenting on ur blog. one of us must win oooooo, non has taken her bath today lol, Linda u causing big tension! njkalu@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Politics and religion!!!

Unknown said...

Wahala dey...heartmabel@yahoo.co.uk

Anonymous said...

wahal dey, chyokon

Steady said...

Na dem dem joor, make them leave that man alone

Unknown said...

Next abeg

DOBY DOBY said...

Apc nd pdp drama.. cos it seems pst ayo is on gej side

Unknown said...

It is well

OSINANL said...

Fashola is playing with fire

Unknown said...

wahala dey! Heartmabel@yahoo.co.uk

Unknown said...

sanusihadiza75@gmail.com

Unknown said...

Political nd religious drama

Richard said...

Ok

Marburg said...

part 1

Livvsreamblog said...

Let keep Lagos state clean

Electropiz said...

Blink blink

gidis said...

Wen two elephant fight it d grass beneath dem dan suffers...

Franklin said...

Wonder shall never end

ebonyz... said...

Hmmm!!!

Unknown said...

Court case

Unknown said...

why will CAN president do that

Unknown said...

Court case

jennykurt said...

Hmmmmm

Unknown said...

Na wa oooo. Linda abeg I need money oo

Unknown said...

Demolition reach VI? Presido mk u try relocate ur people

THE TRUTH said...

Hope the right and proper thing ll done from both parties so that it can be resolved amicably.

Unknown said...

Court matter witht Govt hard oooooo.........

Chidinma Grace said...

Hmmm just passing.

Anonymous said...

As time dey run out dem wan acquire the land . Name waaaaa.

Unknown said...

Let's see how this pans out

Anonymous said...

nawa for dem...nonsoekeq@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Lol, exactly

Anonymous said...

nexttttt,,,gts_ltd@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Waoo...they should please handle this issue wisely

Unknown said...

hmmmm! See problem ooo.

Beckyinspires said...

Hmm, it is well

Unknown said...

hmmm ok

Unknown said...

hmmm ok

Anonymous said...

Talk of the person that knows his right as a citizen. Not everything the government is doing are right

Unknown said...

Seen...maduekechinenye@yahoo.co.uk

linda ikeji's boo said...

hmmmmmmmmm.oga o

warri lawyer said...

Fashola...ehhhh ehhhh ehhhh...nor bring ur lagos zagbu zagbu near WLBC oooooo....

warri lawyer said...

Believed ur english teacher

Unknown said...

na dem sabi

Marilyn oge

Anonymous said...

Na wao

Unknown said...

It is well

Unknown said...

Beleive it or not, Muslims always have hiden hatred for Christians. They may be laughing with u, but they don't like u. Thatz why lots of people re against muslim/muslim presidential candidates. God dey shaa

Ted said...

They should settle this amicably.

Eagle Eyes Media said...

Lol @ believed ur English teacher.

APPLE said...

Fashola you are leaving office soon so why all this?

Eagle Eyes Media said...

Who's fire?

Unknown said...

They should first demolish the ones that crumbled and killed several peopel.lolz

Unknown said...

lol @warri lawyer

ary said...

I think the Pastor has a case here

Anonymous said...

What Fashola and Tinubu are up to is the propagation of the Islamic agenda which has already failed since it has come to the open.

Anonymous said...

wow that's the house of God....#this money no easy to get ooo linda you don dey momo us now abi obisunny1@gmail.com

Love Treasure said...

But y.I hope it's not political beef oo.
hadyzat3@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Its well.lauretb@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Lol, dis one go heavy o, micheal4rig@gmail.com

AQO said...

So Fashola has not stopped demolishing?!

Unknown said...

Fashola should think how does the land aquired originally? If the land is aquired through direct Government Fashola has no right to demolished the church but if it's illegal ly aquired the church should soffer for their negligence Dayo Adetunji

Unknown said...

Na their wahala joor

Anonymous said...

Islamic agenda of Fashola and Tinubu has failed

TROLU said...

Nawaooo

Anonymous said...

Hahaha,delta boyz,our humor no be rumor.Believed that!!!

destinysweet said...

Hmmmm,

destinysweet said...

Wahala dey

Anonymous said...

When u n ur girls are busy typing story,a sharp girl is getting first post with just a few words..don't abandone good words anyways,25k dun worth it does it?

jbankzE said...

Rubbish news.... Abeg mak dem go rest

~@iamjbankz SA to President Jonathan 2015~

Unknown said...

Abeg they should look into the matter very well oh.

warri lawyer said...

Na wa oo...so mk dem demolish e church abii..

Anonymous said...

The poverty in Nigeria is so strange
It keeps making rich people to become richer
At the expense of the poor Masses
See how people are pouring comments

warri lawyer said...

Since mornin wen pple don already win..ona stil dey wait..hahahazz
U sure say na lib u dey read??

Unknown said...

Governor Fashola must have a reason to do that...

Unknown said...

Are u serz?

Unknown said...

Mke una leave papa church oo. Obumnemeudeze@gmail.com

Unknown said...

The church is becoming more controversial by the day...we'll see how this plays out.

Uchenna Ekwuruke said...

Next Story Plsssssss

Anonymous said...

ministry of money

Uche Emma said...


If it is wrongly situated, go ahead and demolish

Unknown said...

The building isn't approved an shld be demolished

mandy said...

@King the word is believe

Anonymous said...

Just watching ndibaby33@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

But why should they build on the land when it's yet to be approved? That's a ten million dollar question.

Unknown said...

Let due process follow no one is above the Law!

Unknown said...

Let due process follow no one is above the Law!

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Their business....
*GLO BRING 3G TO KONTAGORA*
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

Hahahahaaaaa... Believed'ers

Anonymous said...

Imagine the law-breaking church. They stylishly excluded the part where they started building the business center (sorry, church) without approval. They're definitely going to lose this one. This is not Otuoke or Abuja.

chidede said...

That' s for being a friend of GEJ, sorry, PDP.i no fit laugh abeg!

Unknown said...

I just don't find it funny a a man of God being in the news all the time. He is a spiritual man for God's sake, and he should follow suit and not doing it worldly all the time. If Fashola decided to fight against God, he will surely see God's hands on his neck. Xxxxx Ndubuaku

Unknown said...

Next

Awulonu Solomon said...

fashola touch not....you wan destroy God house

yemisi Z10 said...

Court matter can never be hard wit God.

Yemisi Z10 says so

Unknown said...

U guys are so funny

Unknown said...

Fashola and court case...he shld calm down ooo

Anonymous said...

Not fair



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Anonymous said...

it is really sad that fashola and tinubu have turned lagos into their personal kingdom. why are they demolishing only churches and not mosques?

Anonymous said...

let the church be demolished if it is not in master plan of lagos state. justice should prevail. no matter of influencial.

mjabdulk@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

This is serious.

Anonymous said...

This is serious.

Unknown said...

Buh y fashola?

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