The Edo State Government has demolished T. Latifa Hotel owned by Mr. Tony Adun also known as Kabaka, for violating building laws.

The hotel was located across a road in the Ugbor-Amagba axis of Oredo Local Government Area of the state. The action was apparently part of the state government’s resolve to remove all illegal structures erected on government property. However, some political observers in Edo State think the demolition had a political undertone.

The government said it demolished the hotel because it was illegal as it was built without an approved building plan for a hotel and and that it was sitting across a road. It also said the hotel was built on a property belonging to Ugbor Primary School.

“The deed of transfer being paraded by Mr. Adun is also not registered with the state government, according to court papers filed by the Solicitor General of Edo State, Oluwole Iyamu SAN,”

Tony Adun alias Kabaka is a staunch supporter of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress  and former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole.  Obaseki and Oshiomhole’s relationship has been frosty for several months and there is a raging battle for political supremacy between the two men in the state.