Group Exposes How LASEPA Official Connive With Pastor, Others to take Over Residential Building of a 73 Year Old Widow in Lagos
Save Lagos Group Calls for independent investigation
A civil rights group, Save Lagos Group (SLG) has uncovered plan by an
official of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA)
called Tunji in connivance with an acclaimed cleric, Pastor Alabi with
phone number:-08028915916 and one Politician in Agege called Chief
Oshodi with phone number:-07037436950, to take over a residential
building belonging to 73 year old widow, Alhaja Ayisatu Alasela of N0
8, Bakare Opesha Street,Papa Shafa, Agege, Lagos.
Alhaja Alasela was a widow of Late Alhaji Alasela who died thirteen
(13) years ago on the 2nd of April, 2007 and left the residential
building for her and her children and they have been living in the
building before the death of their Patriarch and also, Pastor Alabi,
was a Pastor in-charge of Christ Apostolic Church situated at N0 5,
Hassan Adejobi Street,Papa Ashafa,off Mulro Bus stop, along Oyewole
Road and Seriki.
It was learnt that the Pastor Alabi’s Church situated at N0 5, Hassan
Adejobi Street, has been violating the lockdown order of the Federal
and State government in the area and people of the area, have been
seriously complaining about the noise of the Church.
Detailing the incident on Wednesday, SLG’s Convener, Comrade Adeniyi
Alimi Sulaiman, revealed that on the 15th day of June, 2020, an
officials of LASEPA led by one Tunji, illegally invaded the elderly
widow’s house, with the aim of causing panic for the old woman and her
tenants so that they would abandon the house by saying that the State
government had directed the agency to seal the house in question for
violating the government lockdown directive.
Tunji was acting the script of Pastor Alabi and Chief Oshodi by
trickishly lead the other officials of LASEPA to the window’s house
for their illegal duty where generator of a tenant was carted away and
part of the house were vandalized, believing that if they sent the
helpless woman out of the house, they would claim that the government
has seized the residential building and also claimed later that
government was planning to auction the building and Pastor Alabi with
Chief Oshodi will bid for the building and win,so,the building will be
used for their own personal Church.
But investigation conducted by the SLG revealed that the management of
LASEPA did not know anything about the action of Tunji against the
elderly widow because the purported agency letter was not directed to
Alasela house.
The LASEPA Letter dated 15th of June, 2020 with reference number:
EPA/LAS/1650 and signed by unknown person stated that “the agency
ordered the closure of N05, Hassan Adejobi Street, Papa Ashafa, off
Mulro Bus stop along Oyewole Road and Seriki for noise pollution and
non-compliance with the Government directives.
“The ordered therefore directed that the occupant ceases forthwith to
operate at the site and the site remains closed until its compliance
status is satisfactory”
The illegal invasion of the house by Tunji of LASEPA was reported to
the Alabo Divisonal Police station on 16th day of June, 2020 and the
matter was assigned for immediate action to a Woman Police called
“Iyah nkem” with phone number:-08131338007, but the Investigating
Police Officer (IPO) who was in-charge of the matter refused to act
for fear of Chief Oshodi who claimed to be a politician.
Sulaiman, therefore, called for an independent investigation into the
matter from the Lagos State government through the State Ministry of
Environment and Sanitation and authority of LASEPA through its
Director General, saying that the action of Tunji on behalf of LASEPA
as cause psychological and mental trauma to the aged widow.
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