Mrs Olufunke Daniel, wife of ex-ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel, has condemned the demolition and vandalization of her four-storey DATKEM plaza in Ijebu-Ode, by the Ogun state government.
She described the action as “executive recklessness, lawlessness, and irresponsibility.”
The state government had earlier on Sunday, September 10, declared the DATKEM plaza as illegal and lacking government approval.
But reacting, through her lawyer, Adeyinka Kotoye, SAN, of Page Law office, Mrs Daniel slammed the government for ‘illegality, “unimaginable and huge losses” inflicted on her through the demolition.
In a statement signed by the legal firm, she lamented that the government ignored court papers served on its agents to abort the alleged unlawful actions on the structure.
The statement noted that the government ignored court papers “served on its agents on Thursday, September 7, asking them to stop all actions on the building.
“I want to believe that the Ogun state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, was not informed of this illegality.
“But if he was informed and still decided to use the instruments of the State against our clients, it is nothing but executive recklessness.
“This matter began when the Ogun State Planning and Development Authority scaled the building on August 1 without any prior notice.
” Interestingly, a quit notice was only served on August 31 by the same Planning and Development Authority asking the owner to vacate the premises within three days.
“Meanwhile, Datkem applied for unsealing and regularization of the building on August 2 and paid the mandatory fee of N500,000 to the Ogun state government. We have evidence of this payment.
“However, we were shocked and astonished that the Ogun state government ignored the ongoing legal process and went ahead to demolish the complex in the early hours of Sunday.
“We want to believe the State Attorney-General’s advice was ignored on this matter.
“Our clients, as law-abiding citizens of Ogun State, will continue to seek redress in the courts.
“Even when our clients have suffered unimaginable and huge losses as a result of this illegal demolition, we will not relent in pursuing justice in the courts,” the statement explained.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
