Governor Wike who
supervised the demolition, said the action was taken because the operators of
the hotels flouted the lockdown directive put in place to curb the spread of
Coronavirus. He led some security officers with a bulldozer to the hotel to
destroy it.
Reacting to the
development, Promise Gogorobari, owner of Prodest hotel, denied claims that his
establishment flouted the governor's lockdown order. Speaking in an interview
with Punch, Gogorobari who is based in Lagos said
''I am based in
Lagos, but I am not in the right frame of mind to speak now. There is nobody
who will not feel bad about this. It is a hotel that I built for the past seven
years. The demolition of hotels is a setback to the state in terms of
investment.
That was an
investment that was taking care of my family and relatives and people around
me. There was no fair hearing before the demolition took place. With this, many
people are out of jobs.
I did not violate
any order. The government was supposed to do some investigations before doing
that. And if they found me wanting, then another procedure should be followed;
not demolishing a structure like that.
Definitely, this
will affect investors. I invested in the business so that I can take some
people off the street, but all government is doing is to demolishing it without
a proper investigation”.
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