A 79-year-old neighbour, Mrs. Esther Ogunsalu, whose residence shares a common fence with the church located on 4, Sogunle Street, Abule Onigbagbo Estate, off Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos, had dragged the church before the court for disturbing her peace.
Ogunsalu,
in the case with suit no LD/1336/2011 filed before Justice Aishat Opesanwo,
said the noise emanating from the church prevents her from sleeping, adding
that it also “triggers her hypertensive heart disease.”
She asked
the court to declare that the continuous occupation and use of the premises as
a place of worship “contravenes the building and town planning regulations of
Lagos State.”
However,
Opesanwo referred both parties to the Multi-Door Courthouse, Igbosere, Lagos,
for mediation.
At the
Multi-Door Courthouse, the parties adopted a term of settlement dated November
7, 2012, which was signed, by the church’s pastor, Dapo Morawo, and Ogunsalu
alongside her lawyer, Mr. Dan Kizito, in the presence of a mediator, identified
as Mr. Dosunmu.
The terms
of settlement obtained by our correspondent on Monday stated, “That in the
interest of peace and justice, parties have agreed to make peace and that the
first respondent (owner and trustees of the RCCG) and the second respondent
(Morawo) will maintain a zero noise pollution in accordance with Lagos State
regulations and laws.”
At the
resumed hearing of the case, Justice Opesanwo said since the parties had agreed
to an amicable resolution of the dispute, the court would adopt the terms of
settlement as its judgment.
“The
said terms of settlement have been duly examined. I hereby adopt and pronounce
it as the judgment of this court. Parties are urged to bear their respective
obligations under the settlement terms,” Opesanwo said.
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