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    Friday 16 January 2015

    Why Lagos pastor is at loggerhead with police




    Darlington Ajitemisan is a self-confessed pastor. He is the founder of Open Channels Bible Church, located at Gowon Estate in Lagos, south-west Nigeria.

    However, Ajitemisan, whose mental health may be in  doubt, said some police officers, fully armed from Gowon Estate Police Station,  last week stormed his church, which also serve as his residence and allegedly attempted to kill him.

    His words: I had to jump the fence of my church and ran off all the way to Egbeda bus-stop in Lagos to escape being killed by the police.    

    He insisted that the managing director of Rosellas Amusement Park in Lagos allegedly used the police to set him up in order to forcefully evict him from his land and his church.

    However, independent investigations conducted by our correspondent revealed that the Rosellas Amusement Park boss has gone through due process to acquire the land at Kuwait, a notorious area within the estate, which he is planning to build sporting and recreational facilities.

    This, residents of the estate said is in agreement with the original master plans for the estate, which was approved by the federal housing authority of Nigeria.

    But, Ajitemisan, who is busy abusing the divisional police officer of Gowon Estate police station, Area M police commander and Kayode Aderanti, the Lagos state police commissioner, failed to show documented evidences as proof that most of the churches at the estate acquired their land legally.

    Police authorities in Lagos, when contacted confirmed that they are aware of the issue and are making efforts to resolve it amicably.

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