The Edo State Government has sealed Eterno Hotel, property of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mathew Iduoriyemkewen.
The hospitality facility which has existed for many years, is located in the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Benin City.
It served as temporary secretariat for the PDP after the Acting Chairman of the APC, Emperor Jarret Tenebe, allegedly chased them out of their secretariat located along Airport Road in February.
Inscription on the hotel premises (29.425 ESDBCA), indicated that Edo State Development and Building Control Agency (ESDBCA), the agency charged with ensuring compliance with State regulations on planning, development, and building control, is responsible for the sealing of the facility.
As at the time of writing this report, no reasons have been given for sealing the Hotel.
Responding to the development, the proprietor of the Hotel, Mr. Iduoriyemkewen, expressed dismay over the government’s action.
He 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.”
