RESIDENTS OF IFO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA CALLS ON DAPO ABIODUN TO STOP LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT FROM DEMOLISHING 400 HOUSES IN THE AREAS
Residents of Giwa, Agbado, and Oke-Aro, in Ifo Local Government Area, are appealing to Governor Dapo Abiodun to interfere and prevent the Lagos State Government from demolishing 400 houses in these regions.
According to reports, the demolitions are to be done by the Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC).
Residents in these regions led by the Chairman of the Agbado-Okearo Community Development Association, Samson Abegunde, are however making an appeal to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, to stop the alleged demolition.
He urged Abiodun to prevail on his Lagos State counterpart, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to order the LSWC to stop further demolition of houses in the area.
Abegunde said about 400 houses had been marked for demolition to pave the way for pipelines that the LSWC plans to lay in the area.
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According to him, most of the landlords have been living in the area since 1972 without any challenges.
He said, “We are appealing to Governor Dapo Abiodun, a listening and sympathetic governor, to assist us, the landlords, by prevailing on his Lagos counterpart to stop the demolition of our houses.
“The community has been in existence since after the civil war, while the water corporation was established in 1986.
“Also, most landlords in the community have the necessary documents, including approved plans by the Ogun State Government.”
The Chairman revealed that the last time the corporation embarked on laying of water pipes, many landlords died without getting compensation.
He admonished the corporation to use the pig farm in the Oke-Aro area as an alternative route to Lagos.
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