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The Rivers State government has sealed off a five-storey building belonging to the immediate-past Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area, Dr Samuel Nwanosike.
The government cited an alleged violation of the approved building plan that necessitated the sealing.
It was reliable gathered that Nwanosike, an ally of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, had submitted a building plan for a four-storey building.
The building site at the GRA axis of Port Harcourt was said to be a hotel, even as it had reached an advanced stage of completion.
The structure was however extended to a five-storey building without plan review hence, the site was sealed by officials of the Rivers State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.
The Commissioner for Urban and Physical Development, Isaac Umejuru, said the owner of the building applied to build a four-storey, but constructed five-storey instead, describing it as a violation.
Shortly after, a viral video was seen where Dr Nwanosike was engaged in an argument with the ministry officials over the sealing of the property.
Nwanosike said, “Nobody can intimidate me. This property I will give to you and Fubara; N555bn contravention, that is what you said I should pay? We will wait; we will not be afraid. But this will not change Dr Samuel Nwanosike. I have written to you formally, but you have not responded. Let everybody hear it.”
"One of the officials from the ministry said, “Nobody is intimidating you. You said you wrote to us, and we have responded. You contravened the approval you were given. Are you threatening me because I’m doing my official work?"
