At last the Enugu State Government yesterday pulled down the regional headquarters of Mountain of Fire Ministries Church located at Zik Avenue, Enugu.<\/p>\n
The Church had earlier dragged the government to court over the matter last year, a situation that led to what seemed to be an out-of-court resolution of the matter.<\/p>\n
Government was reported to have given the church 20 plots of land in another location, but the church felt it should be backed by cash to enable it rebuild the multi-million naira church, especially as it allegedly had necessary documents and approvals backing its ownership of the land and the church building.<\/p>\n
It was learnt that the church had requested for some time to enable it put up a structure at the new site.<\/p>\n
It was reliably gathered that final approval and Certificate of Occupancy C of O of new site was issued to the church on Tuesday 8 of October 2013.<\/p>\n
It was however, gathered that government allegedly gave the church three days to remove its properties, a notice described as too short by the church authorities.<\/p>\n
The church which is about ten poles away from the Edinburgh where most newspaper state offices was located was brought down as early as 8 a.m Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
By the time newsmen arrived the site, two caterpillars from the Enugu Government were leveling the church which situates by waterside of Asata River.<\/p>\n
As at the time of filling this report, the demolition of the large church is on-going, even as worshipers are outside singing and praying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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