After
over one year of battle between the Enugu State Government and the
Mountain of Fire Ministries, the Church’s regional headquarters located
at Zik Avenue, Enugu was leveled this morning.
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.
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.
According to report, the church had requested for some time to enable it put up a structure at the new site.
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.
As early as 8 a.m on Thursday, two caterpillars from the Enugu Government commenced pulling down of the church.
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.
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