ENUGU GOVERNMENT PULL DOWN MOUNTAIN OF FIRE CHURCH

Officials of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority on Thursday demolished the regional headquarters of the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry in Enugu State.
Despite prayers from worshipers, who gathered at the church premises in the Enugu metropolis, the ECTDA officials went ahead to pull down the church building.
While the bulldozer made the first move, members of the church who were already praying fled from the building. It was gathered that initially the member had refuse to leave the church premises and preferred to be buried with the collapsing wall.
Regional Pastor of the church, Ude Ogaranya describe the exercise as abomination and a rape on justice.
He said, "Actually, this is a rape on justice. This case has been in court since September last year, and we are yet to get justice. The judge has yet to deliver judgement on this. This is totally contempt of court. This ia an abomination.
The land they gave us was in dispute between the Ngwo people and the Amechi people, so the government could not allow us to move into the land. I wrote to the Inspector General of Police and the Enugu State Commissioner for Land, and they ask the Ngwo people to keep off, and just this Saturday, we had access to the land for the first time. We were able to put pillars and clear the land."
Ogaranya told Punch Metro that to his surprise, the church got a quit notice two days after. He said, "You gave us a piece of land on Saturday and today being Thursday, you are pulling down the church of God."
"All our materials are inside - musical instruments, seats, worship items, all our properties. How can we remove them when two bulldozers are already pulling down the structure"
"I went to the office of the Attorney General of the state and the Commissioner for Land on Wednesday, i have their letters, asking them to give us more time that we just moved into the land on Saturday."
The Commissioner of ECTDA, Ikechukwu Ugwegede, said it was done in respect of development control activity and control.
Culled from Punch...