Government demolishes Mountain Of Fire Church

Officials of Enugu Capital Territory Development
Authority on Thursday demolished the regional
headquarters of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles
Ministries in Enugu State.
Despite prayers from worshippers, who gathered at the
church premises in the Enugu metropolis, the ECTDA
officials went on to pull down the church building.
While the bulldozer made the first touch, members of
the church, who were already praying, took cover.
Our correspondent observed that the worshippers had
initially refused to leave the church hall and preferred
that they be buried with the collapsing walls.
Regional Pastor of the church, Ude Ogaranya, described
the exercise as an abomination and a rape on justice.
He said, "Actually, this is a rape on justice. This case
has been in court since September last year, and we are
yet to get justice. The judge is yet to deliver judgment
on this. This is totally contempt of court. This is an
abomination.
"The land they gave to us was in dispute between the
Ngwo people and the Amaechi people, so they
(government)could not allow us to move into the land.
I wrote to the Inspector General of Police and the
Enugu State Commissioner for Land, and they asked
the Ngwo people to keep off and just this Saturday, we
had access into the land for the first time. We were able
to put our pillars and clear the land.
Source: Punch