Nigerian Church Gets Shutdown For Giving Residents Sleepless Nights
The
Transfiguration and Solution Bible Church, which was accused of noise
pollution, has been shut down a few days after some residents on Sebanjo
Street, in the Mushin area of Lagos, complained of sleepless nights due
to the church’s frequent vigils.
It was learnt that the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency shut down the Pentecostal church on Friday.
The
residents alleged that the Pastor of the church, Jide Balogun,
disturbed them with musical instruments and piercing electronic gadgets.
The residents had also petitioned LASEPA and the Ministry of Environment to investigate the matter.
Balogun claims he had complied with the directive of LASEPA and had stopped using his electronic gadgets during the vigils.
However, on Friday the environmental agency locked up the church.
The
Public Relations Officer of the agency has said that the church will
remain closed down until they comply and do the right thing.
Meanwhile a member of the church, who pleaded anonymity, described the crackdown on the church as selective justice.
“They
are only picking on this church, because it is a small church. I will
personally invite you to my area where you have about five churches. But
most of these churches are the so-called celebrated churches.
”They
only picked on Jide’s church because they know he used to be a tailor. I
am not in support of noise pollution because I once suffered from it
before I went to study abroad, but that does not mean we should use
selective justice. If we want to act, let us act.”
He said members of the church would be visiting LASEPA to have an interaction with the GM on the matter.
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