Nigeria, Sept. 28 -- Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has approved payment of N914 million to the state Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Tony Adun, popularly known as Tony Kabaka, as compensation for his demolished hotel.

The payment of the N914 million compensation was part of the many approvals made by Governor Okpebholo at Friday's Executive Council (EXCO) meeting.

Godwin Obaseki, the immediate past governor of Edo, had ordered the demolition of Mr Adun's hotel for allegedly obstructing the right of way in 2020.

Mr Obaseki's administration had claimed that the T. Latifa Hotel was demolished for violating building laws. The administration argued that the building sat across a road on the Ugbor-Amagba axis of the Or...