Oyo state government demolishes Yinka Ayefele's multi million naira radio house.[PHOTOS]

The Oyo state government made good its threat by demolishing multi million naira radio house of popular highlife musician Yinka  Ayefele for disobeying town planning rules.

The demolition of the building began this
morning, with Ayefele posting photographs of
the rubble on his Instagram page, with an
emotional statement.

He wrote,
“Oyo state government did at last…..my pain
my sweat..so help me God.”

The destruction of the N800m building and
content, attracted hundreds of Ibadan
residents.
Oyo government said the building
contravened the state’s planning laws and
blamed it for three fatal accidents on the
abutting highway.

The state government had, last week, issued
a demolition notice, which the legendary
musician and broadcaster said was politically
motivated.

The notice which was addressed to Ayefele
reads,

“Having failed to comply with the earlier stop
work/quit/ contravention notice (s) served on
your development or as your structure is
found to be structurally defective/poses
danger or constitutes a nuisance to the
occupier or the general public, you are hereby
ordered to vacate the site and remove the
structure thereon within three days, failure of
which the government shall effect the
removal and commence legal action against
you in accordance with Section 43 of the
law.”

Reacting to the notice through his publicist,
David Ajiboye; Ayefele said:

“We don’t see it as a threat; instead we see it
as a challenge because the planned
demolition of the music house is politically
motivated.

When the governor visited the studio in 2016,
he said people told him to demolish the
building because Ayefele was not in his
camp. The building was approved in June
2008 as a business premise; that is over 10
years ago,” he said.

NAN reports that the demolished Music
House located at the Challenge-Toll gate
road, is also home to Ayefele’s Fresh FM
Station.
Ayefele had approached an Oyo State High
Court sitting in Ibadan seeking to stop the
demolition.

Ayefele’s counsel, Mr Olayinka Bolanle, in an
exparte motion, filed before the court, sought
for an order of the court restraining the state
government from demolishing the property
pending the determination of the suit.
Bolanle also stated that due process was
followed in the construction of the structure
while relevant approvals were obtained from
the state’s departments and agencies
associated with land and housing.
Justice I. Yerima ordered the claimant to
ensure service of the court process on the
respondent and adjourned the case till
Monday for the hearing of the exparte
motion.

The state government on Sunday, however,
demolished the structure.
Witnesses told NAN that bulldozers moved in
at about 4.30 a.m. to commence the
demolition while Fresh FM alerted the public
on the development.

The government officials and equipment used
in the exercise had since left the scene.
NAN reports that the radio station had since
been off air while a huge crowd gathered at
the site.
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