Soludo wants Odumeje to pay for the cost of demolishing his church

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The controversy regarding Anambra Pastor Chukwuemeka Ohanaemre (alias Odumeje) has deepened as the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has said the embattled would bear the cost of demolishing a part of his church building.

Speaking in Awka on Friday, Soludo said the state took time to send several notices to all landlords whose houses were marked for demolition to remove such structures.

He added that two Catholic churches - St . Dominic Catholic Church and Our Lady Queen Catholic Church are still awaiting demolition.

In his word: 

It is costing us money. They had several notices to remove such structures, but they refused.

The demolition started on Thursday, and so far, so good. The demolition went well, except for Pastor Odumeje, who, according to the report, drove in, in a brazen manner and attempted to take over the equipment.

Of course, state work must go on, and security had to stop him. This was a man who was in the several meetings we had and also spoke.

In fact, this is costing us money, and the structures should have been removed before now, but they choose to test the resolve of government.

Once we are done with this exercise, we will compile the bills and send them to the persons involved, and they must pay.”

Prof. Solude said that the parish priest of Our Lady Queen Catholic Parish was around when the demolition team arrived and cooperated with them.

He frowned at Pastor Odumeje’s actions in attempting to stop the exercise.

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