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Residents of Oworonshoki community in the Kosofe local government of Lagos State have narrated how the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State government demolished their houses and rendered them homeless without giving them prior notice for evacuation. Â The residents recounted bitter ordeals while speaking in a video interview where they were also heard narrating how the state government ordered security officers to set fire to their residences and shops in the neighbourhood without allowing them to take their belongings.
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State government has sealed a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Ifelodun Mosque and several other churches and worship centres in the state over noise pollution. The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who made this known on Thursday on his X handle said that the worship centres were sealed on Wednesday for also committing other environmental infractions.
An anti-corruption group, the Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG), has said that the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State government’s decision to demolish houses in the state to punisher the owners while sparing corrupt officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), is an act of injustice.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government over the demolition of properties belonging to Nigerians in Lagos State amid the hardship in the country. There have been reports of demolition exercise by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State government allegedly targeting markets populated by Igbos and buildings owned by Igbos in the state.