LASG Close Down Lord Chosen Church

The Lagos State government has shut down the headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Church over environmental degradation.

The state government accused the church of failing to observe proper waste management system, saying the church burns its refuse inside the church, an action which ran foul of the state environmental laws.

The government also alleged that the church did not have toilets and waste disposal facilities as they empty their wastes into the drainage channel as well as built attachments on the drainage channel.

It was gathered that officials of the Ministry of the Environment, accompanied by a police team, stormed the church’s premises on Sunday morning, leaving thousands of worshippers stranded as they could not access the church for the Sunday service.

Speaking on the development, state Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, said no institution is bigger than the law, adding that the church had committed lots of environmental abuse which it must correct before the massive edifice could be reopened.

The government accused the church of defacing and degrading the environment and has refused to do anything about it even after it had been served abatement notice to upgrade the area.