Residents of Jakande Property, Ilesan in Lagos State, on Tuesday, staged a peaceable protest on the Lagos State Home of Meeting complicated over additional of their houses by the state authorities.
Main the protesters, Alhaji Abdulhameed Shuaib, appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to cease additional demolition actions, respect courtroom injunction and guarantee a good and clear decision of the matter.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions comparable to,“Demolition with out sufficient compensation is injustice,” “Please cease forceful eviction,” and “No compensation, no demolition.”
Shuaib stated their request is that compensation should mirror the true worth of houses if demolition is inevitable.
He defined that the dispute started in 2025 when residents have been knowledgeable that they might be pushed out of the property and provided compensation.
Shuaib stated an preliminary provide of six million naira per three-bedroom condo was rejected as grossly insufficient, noting that the flats have been initially allotted by the federal government and duly signed by a former governor.
He stated: “How can a three-bedroom flat be valued at six million naira when comparable government-built homes have been going for about N15 million on the time?” he stated.
Shuaib stated subsequent gives of seven million naira and later N11 million have been additionally rejected, particularly as residents have been allegedly requested to submit unique property paperwork with a promise of fee three months later.
In line with him, whereas residents have been nonetheless arranging authorized illustration, about 50 buildings within the property have been demolished in March 2025.
He stated residents later obtained a courtroom injunction restraining additional demolition, alleging that regardless of the injunction threats continued, with warnings that anybody who failed to simply accept the provide earlier than demolition would lose all entitlements.
He added that the courtroom had since prolonged the injunction till February 4, 2026.
He additional alleged that some tenants have been not too long ago provided N50,000 to vacate their houses, whereas heavy equipment was once more sighted getting into the property, claiming that two residents have been arrested after confronting the demolition crew with courtroom papers.
He stated arrested residents have been presently being held at a police facility in Oshodi, expressing concern that state authorities officers, together with the governor and the attorney-general, neither appeared in courtroom nor despatched representatives, regardless of being listed as events within the go well with.
Addressing the protesters, Mr Setonji David, representing Badagry 2 constituency, appealed to the protesters to stay calm whereas the Meeting investigates the matter.
