Lord’s Chosen Church HQ sealed over dirty environment

The headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen
Charismatic Revival Movement, along the
Apapa – Oshodi Expressway in Lagos has
been sealed off by the Lagos State
Government for gross environmental
abuse.
A statement by the state’s Ministry of the
Environment, made available to The
PUNCH on Tuesday, said the church was
sealed off in order to prevent an
outbreak of epidemic, as well as protect
the lives of its worshippers.
It read, “An inspection of the church’s
environment revealed that solid waste
generated was not properly disposed of.
“It was openly burning waste on the
church premises, exposing the lives of its
worshipers to health hazards.”
A substantial part of the one kilometre
church auditorium was also alleged to
have been built on the Odo Asimawu
drainage channel, which the ministry
claimed impeded the flow of flood water
as well as inhibiting effective performance
of the channel.
“All the church toilets were built on the
canal, thereby enabling the deliberate
discharge of raw human wastes into it,”
the statement added
The Commissioner for the Environment,
Mr. Tunji Bello, was said to have directed
that the church could only be reopened
after all nuisances had been abated and
encumbrances along the drainage
channel, removed.
“There must be complete sanitisation of
the entire church environment; a proper
facility for the disposal of solid waste
must be put in place; new toilet facilities
built and proper evacuation of the human
and solid wastes dumped into the canal
ensured ,” the statement said.
The church is also expected to remove all
structures built on the drainage channel.