Residents and landlords of Maba town, a community in Aseese Area of Ogun State, has accused Deeper Christian Life Ministry of demolishing their properties over a boundary point they share.

Maba Community shared a boundary with the church where the campsite is situated.

The residents alleged the church had on January 31, mobilised armed thugs and policemen to invade their peaceful community and inflicted injuries on some residents of the community as they destroyed their properties worth millions of Naira.

Addressing newsmen at the scene of the demolition, the Chairman of Unity Estate, Mr. Richard Omoniyi, said in an attempt to get the matter resolved amicably without violence, the landlords wrote to the church headquarter in the Gbagada area of Lagos State and when there was no response, they approached Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta.

Omoniyi said Justice O. Ogunfowora, in a suit number, AB/131/2021, had restrained the Incorporated Trustees of Deeper Christian Life Ministry and one Franklyn Osezua who were both the defendants in the suit from further demolishing any house at Unity Es­tate, Maba Town.

According to him, the judge or­dered that no one should bring cat­erpillars, thugs, or anybody into the land in dispute, building, construct­ing, or forcefully taking over the land in dispute lying, and the situation at Jekayinfa Arigbabu Family Land, now known as Unity Estate, Maba Town, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area, pending determina­tion of the substantive suit.

The chairman said that the court further restrained the defendants’ agents, workmen, or anybody acting under their instruction from further disturbing the 73 Claimants’ posses­sion and or from further demolish­ing any of their houses at Unity Es­tate, Maba Town.

He said, “It however turns to a twist of event, despite subsisting or­der and ongoing trial when the Deep­er Christian Life Ministry stormed the community and disobey the or­der of the court. (Daily Independent)