After the Lagos State task force on the environment announced shut
down of the headquarters of The Lord’s Chosen and Charismatic Revival
Church in Ijesha, on Oshodi Apapa Expressway, the church still held
Sunday worship and other activities, to the chagrin of those who lauded
the government’s action…more so, as the church authorities denied the
government shut down the church.
The government has now disclosed that
services which held in the church were made possible because of a
moratorium granted the church for special programmes.
Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, who gave the
explanation, said the moratorium which followed an application by the
church authorities, expired yesterday.
He insisted that the church was closed down to prevent imminent
outbreak of killer diseases in the area and the state at large as well
as serve as deterrent to others.
Officials of the state Ministry of the Environment had last week,
sealed the headquarters of the church over alleged gross environmental
abuse and erection of structures on Odo Asimawu Drainage Channel, System
6c, an allegation residents of the area and commuters have regarded as
true.
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