LORD'S CHOSEN AND CHARISMATIC CHURCH SEALED OFF OVER ENVIRONMENTAL ABUSE

Officials of the Ministry of the Environment, Lagos state has shut down a church situated on Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, the headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen and Charismatic Revival Church Nigeria.

Investigations revealed that the church does not have solid waste disposal facility. It burns its waste inside the church premises, thereby exposing the lives of its worshippers to serious health hazard.

A substantial part of the sprawling church lies on the Odo Asimawu Canal drainage channel, thereby impeding the flow of storm water.The church also built its toilets on the canal, thereby discharging all its human waste into the canal.In order prevent an outbreak of epidemic, the state government had to seal the entire church premises.The government accused the church of defacing and degrading the environment and refusing to abate the nuisance even after it had been served abatement notice to upgrade the environment.Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello said the church had committed lots of environmental abuse which it must abate before the massive edifice could be re-opened by the government as such illegality could not be tolerated any longer.