Church Locked Up Over Noise Pollution

The Oyo State Government has sealed a branch of Christ Life Church at Golden Estate, Oluyole, Ibadan, the state capital.

The shutdown followed multiple unresolved actions taken by the Ministry to mediate between complainants, residents, and the church’s management.

Speaking in Ibadan, Arch. Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources, stated that the State Government was left with no choice but to close the church grounds to avoid needless escalation of simmering tensions between people and the church on Sunday.

Some neighbourhood members had shut the estate gate against members of Christ Life Church, preventing services from being held.

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Mogbonjubola stated that the current administration will not stand by and allow any escalation to occur.

He stated that Ministry authorities visited the location on Thursday, November 9, 2023, after receiving many complaints from next-door residents about the Church’s constant loudness via formal letters and phone calls.

“The team recorded the sound level of the church activities at intervals, starting from praise-worship, with the average reading of Seventy-four (74) DB (daytime), contravening the Extant Environmental Regulations of 2023, Section 58, Paragraph (b) which states that the noise limits for residential areas at daytime must not exceed 65DB. Hence, it was ascertained with sound measurements that the church constituted noise pollution.”

The Commissioner highlighted that a resolution meeting with the parties was held in the Ministry’s conference room on November 29th, 2023, during which the Church declined to sign an undertaking document, citing the need to obtain approval from its Headquarters and report back on Monday, December 4th.

He frowned at the ongoing crisis that resulted in the church’s sealing.

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