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SPECIAL REPORT: Exploitation, eviction threat killing residents of a Lagos island

SPECIAL REPORT: Exploitation, eviction threat killing residents of a Lagos island
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Lagos stateNigeria generalTarkwa bayLagos islandEbute mettaPeter akojenuSagbo kodjiMariam azeezKabir ahmedSusan abaliDeborah fatonSabgo kodjiOluwatosin austinFrancis anwasuJoseph amosuBolanle taiwo

Waterpreneurs cash in on Nigerian government s failur

It’s 2pm in Sagbo Kodji, a coastal community that overlooks the Lagos Apapa seaports and high-rise buildings of Lagos Island, the commercial district of the city. Close to a littered jetty, where passengers disembark from dozens of wooden boats, stands Bolanle Taiwo’s wooden house. For laundry, Bolanle Taiwo uses water from a public well. Well water is hard and forces her to use more detergent to make it lather up. She fetches well water and allows it to settle for a few days before using it. (Photo: Nengi Nelson) Under the scorching sun, the single mother hunches over a green bucket of water, preparing to wash a pile of clothes before sundown. She adds a handful of detergent into the water she got from a nearby well, but it does not lather with soap because it’s “hard water” water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals.

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Inside Ibadan crisis: How traders lost fortunes in Shasa

Apart from the many lives lost to the crisis, the ruins caused by the fight have been massive. Properties, including shops and houses worth billions of naira, were burnt while goods were looted in the market. However, the irony is that both the Hausa and Yoruba people in Sasa and the environs are pointing accusing fingers at security operatives for allegedly taking side. But a senior police officer in Ibadan, who does not want his name mentioned, said the blame game showed that security operatives intervened professionally. “If the Yoruba people would accuse us of supporting the Hausa people and vice versa, it means we did our best. However, the bottom line is that some people simply want to cause ethnic violence and they found fertile ground at Sasa market,” he said.

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