Eviction of 5,000 settlers nothing to do with AOG

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Eviction of 5,000 settlers nothing to do with AOG

PORT MORESBY: The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Assembly of God Church (AOG) says it has nothing to do with eviction of some 5,000 settlers in Garden Hills in Port Moresby.

Pastor John Apami said the eviction order was obtained by a small group calling itself the Assemblies of God Boroko Association Inc.

“The AOG name has been dragged into the eviction uproar although we had nothing to do with it,” he added.

Details of the story were published by The National:

Church denies involvement

December 17, 2021The NationalMain Stories

A CHURCH has disassociated itself from a group which obtained a court order to evict around 5,000 people from Garden Hills in Port Moresby this week, saying it had nothing to do with it.
Pastor John Apami, the Assemblies of God church of PNG chief executive officer, said the eviction order was obtained from the court by a small group calling itself the Assemblies of God Boroko Association Inc.
He said the name of the church had been dragged into the eviction uproar although it had nothing to do with it.
He said the leaders of the AOG PNG church extended their apology to the settlers who were blaming the church for what happened.
Ps Apami said the church was not aware of the eviction exercise on Monday which was supervised by the police.
He urged the media to correctly identify who were behind the eviction exercise because the AOG Boroko Association Inc was different from the main Assemblies of God church.
Ps Apami said the main church had been trying to bring the small group back into the church and to deregister the association, but to no avail.
Ps Apami said the church was sorry that the eviction of the settlers had to take place.

EHP governor offers to help repatriate settlers back home

December 17, 2021The NationalNational

EASTERN Highlands Governor Peter Numu is willing to assist people from the province who were among those evicted from Garden Hills in Port Moresby return home.
He said only those willing to go back home and remain there would be assisted.
“It is their choice whether to go back if they feel like they want to go back,” Numu said.
“If they decide to stay, we will allow them to stay.”
He is discussing the matter with the provincial government and the National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop and his team.
He also plans to talk to the squatters.
Parkop said he would work with Numu on a solution.
“We will work (something) out. My preference is that if they want to go back (to EHP), it is better that (they do) not come back to Moresby.
“It serves no purpose when they go and then they return by walking.
“It would be futile in our efforts to assist them.
“This type of proposition has been given to us in the past but there is no guarantee,” he said.

Families collecting their belongings after being evicted
from the Garden Hills settlement in Port Moresby.

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