The inhabitants of Otodo-Gbame, a fishing settlement outside Lekki, Lagos, is raising an alarm about an ongoing demolition of houses and the destruction of their properties.
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Residents of a waterfront community - Otodo Gbame - in the Lekki area of Lagos state, are currently scampering to protect their properties as houses are being demolished by the government, despite a subsisting court injunction stopping the forceful eviction of residents.
According to TheCable News, the team carrying out the demolition is being assisted by armed security personnel, as the development took residents by surprise as a court had earlier restrained the government from carrying out the act.
Residents claimed that about 8.30 a.m. on Friday, three backhoes accompanied by anti-terror police officers and officials of the Lagos State environmental task force arrived the community and started pulling down houses and other structures.
They claimed they were shocked by the demolition as they had not been served notice of demolition by the state government.
This is the second time in five months that houses in the community will be demolished.
One of the affected residents accused the government of being unfair to the poor.
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