By Newsmata
Governor Monday Okpebholo
A hotel belonging to a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Director General of the Asue Ighodalo Governorship Campaign Organisation for the September 21, 2024, gubernatorial election in Edo State, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen has been sealed by the state government.
The highbrow Eterno Hotel located in the Government Reserved Area (GRA), Benin City, was sealed by the Edo State Development and Building Control Agency (ESDBCA), as shown by an official inscription bearing the code 29.425 ESDBCA placed at the hotel premises.
The agency is charged with ensuring compliance with state regulations on planning, development, and building control.
The baffled proprietor of the hotel said he could not fathom why it was sealed by the ESDBCA which he said did not formally disclose the reason.
Expressing dismay over the government’s action, Iduoriyekemwen said, “I don’t know why a state would want to destroy an indigene’s investment. I don’t know whether it is politics they are playing…. Last time, they revoked the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of the land. I saw it in the papers. This one they are doing now, I don’t know…”