Tales of woes, lamentations as slum dwellers rain curses on Governor Ambode (photos, video)
Slum dwellers from Otodo Gbame community in Lagos and neighbouring communities have rained curses on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode over the demolition of their houses last week.
NAIJ.com had reported that the people’s houses were torched by police officers who stormed their residents on Wednesday, November 9 with bulldozers as well.
The people, numbering over 30,000 had since been rendered homeless and useless after their shanties were destroyed, leaving them with no option than to leave their houses on water with their boats.
“In the early morning hours of 9 October 2016, a gang of boys with reported ties to the powerful Elegushi Chieftaincy Family, entered Otodo Gbame community – a peaceful fishing settlement on the edge of the Lagos Lagoon in Lekki Phase I, made up predominantly of Eguns and other ethnic minorities in Lagos – and began setting fire to houses in the community,”. we had reported.
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As evening fell in Otodo Gbame, tens of thousands of residents; some newly homeless and some terrified but lucky to still have their homes, tried to get some rest after the wearying day.
JEI-trained paralegals had delivered a copy of the subsisting injunction to the local Ilasan Divisional Police Station to ensure their awareness and pasted the order around the community.
It was also gathered that the demolition exercise continued into the midnight and early hours of Thursday, November 10, as bulldozers reportedly started destroying the remaining houses which their fire could not effectively pull down.
But on Tuesday, November 15, the residents stormed the governor’s office, demanding an address of the issue in which about 50 people were reportedly dead. And they rained series of curses on the governor as they lamented the hardship which they have been thrown into.
Below are photos and video from the massive protest in Lagos on Tuesday afternoon:
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