SPECIAL REPORT: The truth about mosque ‘demolition’ by Rivers government
However, an uncompleted structure, which was still at the foundation stage, was demolished by the government.
The incident has been misrepresented via social media comments and some unverified news reports as though Governor Wike pulled down a completed building used as a mosque.The rumour prompted the governor to visit the site, accompanied by some journalists, on August 26.“You’ve seen with your eyes, where is the mosque here? At least, when there’s a demolition where there’s a structure, you’ll know there was a structure here,” Mr Wike told journalists, pointing to the almost bare land.
“It is not something anybody can controvert. Every land around there belongs to the Rivers State Government, so how can a small part of it belong to somebody else?” Mr Danagogo said. “We have never seen any judgment from any court that the man took the government to court and won,” the SSG said. “That kind of judgment does not exist, to the best of my knowledge”.
Apart from dismissing the counterclaim of the defendants, there were no explicit court orders on the disputed land. The Muslim Rights Concern , an Islamic human rights organisation, issued a statement last week calling the governor “a liar”.
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