SaharaReporters had reported how residents of Oworonshoki and Idi Araba communities in the Kosofe and Mushin local government areas of the state were thrown into lamentation in July as Governor Sanwo-Olu's administration embarked on the demolition.
Residents of Oworonshoki in the Kosofe local government of Lagos State on Tuesday stormed the premises of the state House of Assembly to protest the continued demolition of their houses by the state government, without providing them with alternative shelters.
The residents, in their numbers, paraded the assembly complex with placards displaying expressing their displeasure over their sudden eviction from their community despite their support to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) during February election.
“Don’t Get Elected To Get Us Evicted,” one of their banners read.
On Friday, the Oworo Youth Forum had also appealed to international cooperation agencies to halt all ongoing climate action initiatives conducted in collaboration with the Lagos State government and particularly with the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources.
The residents, according to videos seen by SaharaReporters, carried various placards as they marched along the streets with the cards bearing various inscriptions, “Let us breathe, stop the demolition” “Our future is being truncated, stop the demolition” “No to Land grabbing” and “Don’t get elected to get us evicted.”
SaharaReporters had reported how residents of Oworonshoki and Idi Araba communities in the Kosofe and Mushin local government areas of the state were thrown into lamentation in July as Governor Sanwo-Olu's administration embarked on the demolition.