Businessman Cries Out Over Demand For N25Million Bribe By Delta Government Officials To Get Compensation For Demolished Fuel Station, Gas Plant

A Delta-primarily based fully businessman and petroleum marketer, Sunday Efanimjor, has cried out over what he known as the “illegal” demolition of his filling location and gasoline plant by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led govt with out compensation.

The demolition of his properties took reputation alongside Owa-Eke/ Owa-Alero Road, Owa-Ekei in the Ika North East Local Authorities Space of the train.

Efanimjor moreover accused “one Emmanuel Odita, deputy director of the Ministry of Works (Urban) and another officers of the ministry of traumatic a bribe of N25 million” from him prior to he would perhaps perhaps be compensated for the demolition of his properties “fee over N600 million”.

In a petition sighted by SaharaReporters, dated August 23, 2022, and signed by the victim’s criminal representative, Simon Ngbakor of Simon Ngbakor and Friends, Efanimjor demanded the sum of N650 million ‘representing the value of the resources as compensation,’ saying the demolished properties had been seated on a land measuring roughly 3,783,300 sq. metres and housing his filling location and gasoline plant.

The petition became addressed to the train Prison educated Current and Commissioner for Justice.

The petition says as on the time of the illegal demolition, the filling location and gasoline plant “had been piquant”, adding that they had been built with lifestyles financial savings.

It further reads, “Nonetheless, on the twenty 2d day of August 2022, our clients seen bulldozers on the land conducting demolition of our clients’ buildings, fence and the gasoline plant with none seek for by any ability. It is some distance our clients’ instruction that the acknowledged property which has the consent of the governor assigned with licensed constructing opinion will not be a arena of any acquisition by train govt.

“When one amongst our clients, Sunday Efanimjor who visited the land stumbled on that the contractor working on the contemporary effectively being facility known as Mom and Youngster, has invaded the filling location and gasoline plant to attain such demolition with out seek for or acquisition. It is some distance our clients’ supreme instruction that the sum of N650,000,000 (600 and fifty million naira) be paid to our clients as the acknowledged amount signify the value of resources therein.”

Talking to SaharaReporters about his ordeal and frustration, Efanimjor accepted that for over a year, officers “be pleased sat on his compensation following his refusal to pay the N25 million bribe demanded” from him.

He known as on Governor Okowa and effectively-meaning Deltans to caution officers of the ministry and intervene in the topic.

He acknowledged, “My filling location and gasoline plant I built with my lifestyles financial savings be pleased been taken over and demolished by foot troopers of Delta Explain Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa to kind technique for a street with out seek for of acquisition and revocation of certificate of occupancy to me thereby denying me my due compensation.

“Dangle you know that one Chukuka, a younger brother to Imafidon, train marketing consultant, who owned a property terminate to mine, a 3-bedroom bungalow that became effectively valued with seek for of acquisition prior to demolition in comparison with my gasoline plant and filling location became paid N45 million as compensation but mine became clandestinely demolished with out seek for of acquisition and effectively valued.

“After demolition, my properties had been uncovered and opened to vandals, who took earnings and looted every other last asset in the ability and up except this minute, the reputation is still being looted. Dangle not disregard that a key ally to the governor indicated an pastime in purchasing my properties in 2014, perhaps as a front.

“Officials of the Ministry of Works (Urban) suspected to be working on the instructions of Governor Okowa, using the Agbor keep train of the Nigeria police to intimidate me, keep aside fears into me so as not to combat for my rights.

“I need the overall world to know the heartlessness of Delta Explain govt below the management of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. What’s my offence for being a laws-abiding citizen, paying taxes, rising wealth, and using Deltans in a harsh financial setting handiest for me to study that it would not pay to be laws-abiding by the actions of the men who willfully demolished my properties and handiest to open to legalize their illegality?

“Why would a train govt, in opposition to extant procurement/tenders board laws open the construction of a street mission and after completion, then advertised for bidding on the the same done mission? Due to of the high reputation of my properties, there are so grand of alternative folks traumatic all my efforts to win my due compensation and some be pleased vested pastime in my properties.”

Some sources on the Ministry of Works (Urban) privy to the topic disclosed to SaharaReporters disclosed that a compensation of N109 million had been pencilled down for the victim but his refusal to present a bribe prevented him from having access to the compensation.

When SaharaReporters contacted the deputy director of the Ministry of Works (Urban), Emmanuel Odita, he denied ever making this kind of quiz from the victim, saying, “I’m not awake, I acquire not know what you are speaking about.”