The demolished Music House/tribuneonlineng.com
The Oyo State Government has stated that it has an issue with the Music House of veteran musician, Yinka Ayefele, and not Fresh FM.
Commissioner for Information in the state, Toye Arulogun, made the clarification on Wednesday while explaining the rationale behind the demolition of the Music House.
“Oyo State government has no problem with Fresh FM, Oyo State government has a problem with Music House,” he said this on Channels Television.
Arulogun stressed that the part of the building that was demolished was necessary because it was in contravention of the laws of the state.
He said, “Whether it’s a canteen there or whatever, that structure will still be wrong. Whatever they are doing in that place, that structure will still be out of place. It would still have contravened the law, so it doesn’t have anything to do with Fresh FM.”
The commissioner said this was why the government carried out a partial demolition, noting that what they did was to take over what was allegedly encroached upon.
“The first thing is that that land has been encroached upon. The size of the land that was given to Music House is not what they are operating on. The building size measured 29.7m by 21.6m on ground, as against 11.925m by 10.20m in the survey plan submitted by Music House. So, there is a contravention,” he said.