An appeal has gone to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to facilitate payment of outstanding compensation to some land owners in Ogun State
The RCCG is building its new auditorium on a land in Oso and Aguntoye villages in the state.
The intervention, according to the landlords, is to avoid clashes between the displaced villagers and heads of the communities.
They also urged Adeboye to increase the money payable to tenant farmers (Elebuko) on the land for their damaged crops from N20,000 per acre to N50,000.
Speaking in Lagos on behalf of the Agunfoye and Oso villages, the Baale of Agunfoye land, Chief Yekini Babatunde Agunfon and Chief Sikiru Ososanya, said the appeal became imperative, following series of letters to Adeboye.
The spokespersons said the displaced villagers and tenant farmers were becoming restless because they believe the heads of the families have been settled by the church.
They, however, assured the church that this will not hamper on-going construction works.
The communities are demanding additional N200,000 on every acre of the land purchased by the church as well as N50,000 per acre as compensation for damaged crops on the land acquired for the new auditorium.
The spokespersons said the family secured a court injunction against hoodlums who attempted to disrupt the project to show their support for it.
They described as unfounded the rumour that the church had paid some money meant for the communities to some hoodlums instead of the heads of the villages.
Based on the rumour, the families said they had been inundated with demands and threats from the displaced people who thought they had collected money from the church.
Source: The Nation
