{"id":173168,"date":"2025-08-09T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T11:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gbenga-daniel-claims-demolition-is-politically-motivated"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:28:49","slug":"gbenga-daniel-claims-demolition-is-politically-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gbenga-daniel-claims-demolition-is-politically-motivated","title":{"rendered":"Gbenga Daniel Claims Demolition Is Politically Motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former governor of Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has said the move by the present administration to destroy his private residence in Sagamu, The Asoludero Court, Conference Hotels Limited, among others, is not only politically motivated but also a blatant disregard for due process and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel, in a statement on Saturday, condemned the action, stressing that the Abiodun-led administration was attempting to use the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law No. 61 of 2022 to demolish buildings legally constructed before the law came into existence.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the \u201cNotice of Contravention\u201d and a \u201cNotice to Quit\u201d simultaneously, with an immediate threat of demolition, is not a legal process but a thuggish tactic designed to intimidate and inflict damage.<\/p>\n<p>The senator insisted that the penalties for any infractions under the law, if indeed there was any, are not a demolition or a threat of it.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads, \u201cWe strongly condemn this latest act of political persecution by Governor Dapo Abiodun, as evidenced by the recent issuance of these Notices, which were dated August 8, 2025, as a clear demonstration of the governor\u2019s malicious and vindictive abuse of power, hiding behind a newly-enacted law retroactively to target a political opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe documents concerning these properties cite \u2018suspected\u2019 offenses related to construction without adequate permits (which is laughable). This is a ludicrous and flimsy excuse, as the properties in question have been in existence for many years. For instance, the Asoludero Court was built in 2004, while the Conference Hotel Sagamu was built in 2013, and the Annex since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe governor\u2019s administration is now attempting to use the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law No. 61 of 2022 to demolish buildings that were legally constructed long before the law was even in existence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action is not only politically motivated but also a blatant disregard for due process and the rule of law. The Notices in themselves are clear breaches of procedures, which allow adequate time intervals between Notifications on contraventions, Quits. The penalties for any infractions under the law, if indeed there was any, are not a demolition or a threat of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll legal means will be used to hold the governor accountable for his lawless actions,\u201d he said, calling on all well-meaning citizens, human rights organisations, and legal entities to join them in denouncing the flagrant misuse of authority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former governor of Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has said the move by the present administration to destroy his private residence in Sagamu, The Asoludero Court, Conference Hotels Limited, among others, is not only politically motivated but also a blatant disregard for due process and the rule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[12030,2578,254],"class_list":["post-173168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-demolition","tag-gbenga-daniel","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gbenga Daniel Claims Demolition Is Politically Motivated - 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