Occupants Rendered Shopless In Lagos

Hours into the new year, large amounts of occupants, were rendered homeless following the demolition of Monkey Village in the Opebi area of Ikeja, Lagos State.

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Before the demolition, the village occupies an extent of land which harbored different categories of people who carried out various activities on the land.

However, scores of the occupants have been dislodged following the demolition which was carried out by some unidentified men.

Eko Hot Blog gathered that some armed personnel arrived in the village on Thursday and gave the occupants a few minutes to move their belongings.

Unfortunately, those who did not comply with the directives were said to have lost their belongings to the demolition exercise.

Eyewitnesses’ accounts said property including Information and Communications Technology (ICT) gadgets and business centers as well as libraries were lost to the practice.

The exercise has generated controversies as some of the victims have alleged Lagos State Taskforce for being responsible for their woes.

Following the demolition exercise, Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has dissociated itself from the exercise saying it was not carried out by its men.

The spokesperson for the Taskforce, Adebayo Taofiq, in a statement said, “The attention of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has been drawn to a social media report alleging that the demolition exercise in Monkey Village, Opebi, was carried out by the Agency.