Ogun state government has opened up on the demolition of DATKEM Plaza, a five-storey building belonging to Olufunke Daniel, the wife of a former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel.
According to findings, the structure was demolished by state government officials accompanied with armed security operatives around 3.00am of Sunday.
The demolition of the multi-billion naira property proposed to house the Senatorial constituency office of Gbenga Daniel, the Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district, is coming amid perceived rift between Daniel and Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State.
While confirming the demolition, in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olayiwola Abiodun, the state government said the structure is illegal as it contravened and violated the building codes of the state with numerous defects.
According to Abiodun, several efforts made by the state government to halt further development on site were ignored by the developers, adding that what the government did in partially pulling down the defective building was to be proactive.
He challenged the owners of the structure to produce evidence of government approval in their possession, saying for a commercial building of that status, there must be parking space to accommodate vehicular traffic within and outside the facility for workers and visitors.
The permanent secretary added that the building lacked stage certification, which is usually issued at every stage of construction, pointing out that owners were served the necessary notices, including abatement, contravention, stop work and demolition between May and October 2022, which were ignored.
“The proposal was for five (5) floors with airspace of 3 metres at the right, 5m at the left, 5metres at the rear and a setback of 32.5516 metres to the middle of Ijebu Ode/Ibadan road, Ijebu-Ode.
“The Zonal Town Planning Office observed during routine monitoring that the construction on site did not conform with the plan granted as there was a deviation from the airspaces and setback.
“In addition, the building had been modified and enlarged with an additional storey building at the back thereby becoming over density.
“In view of the above, the following actions were taken: Contravention Notice with Serial No. 0106983 was served on 24th May 2022. Stop Work Order with Serial No. 000623 was served on 24th May 2022.
“Another Stop Work Order with Serial No. 001065 was served on 22nd July 2022 when the first notice was ignored.
“Demolition Notice with Serial No. 0007549 was served on 11th October 2022. Notice to seal with Serial No. 000815 was served on 4th October 2022,” the statement added.
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