*As community locks estate gate against members of the church, prevents services to hold
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Oyo State Government on Thursday, sealed a branch of Christ Life Church at Golden Estate, Oluyole, Ibadan over alleged noise pollution.
New Nigerian gathered that the sealing of the church followed face off between the church and some members of the community during which they locked the estate gate against members of Christ Life Church, and preventing services to hold.
According to the Oyo State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Architect Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, the measure was taken by the state government after several unresolved steps taken by the ministry to mediate among the complainants, residents and the church management.
Architect Mogbonjubola stressed that the state government was left with no other option, but to seal the church premises to avert preventable escalations of brewing tensions between the residents and the church on Sunday.
He maintained that Oyo State Government would not fold its arms and allow escalations of any sort and that a resolution meeting was held with the parties, in the ministry’s conference room on November 29, 2023, where the church refused to sign undertaking letter, with the excuse to get approval from the its headquarters and report back on Monday December 4, 2023.
The commissioner warned against occurrence of noise pollution, both by churches, mosques, club houses, industries, companies and market places, as violators would be prosecuted, adding that Oyo State has fully become a rule of law state, where things must be done rightly.
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