Alade stated that such action would discourage those
interested in investing in real estate in the state.
The state Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources,
Tokunbo Wahab, had said the demolition was needed to reclaim the Odo Iya Laro
drainage channel.
“Earlier today, I, the SA on Environment, Olakunle
Rotimi-Akodu, the PS OES, Dr Omobolaji Gaji, PS ODS, Mahamood Adegbite and
other Directors again visited the ongoing reclamation of the drainage setback
on System 1 (Odo Iyalaro – Ogudu reach),” Wahab wrote on X on Saturday.
However reacting, the Johnny crooner, in a video that
surfaced on X Sunday, decried how many residents sleep in their houses and wake
homeless.
“Lagos State, what is going on? Does it make sense that
people will invest millions of naira, millions of dollars into real estate?
“They would buy land and Lagos State would break them;
making people homeless overnight. This is done serially. Right now Maryland
area is on fire,” she said.
She continued, “ People are sleeping in their houses and
waking homeless. You are ruining the real estate value of the state, the
country; making people lose trust in the idea of the country.”
The exercise, which commenced last year, has affected houses
in estates on the Island and other parts of the state. Structures housing
businesses have also been pulled down in the process.
In October and November 2023, several buildings were
demolished in Lekki, Ikota, the International Trade Fair, Agungi, and some
parts of the state.
The state government had attributed the demolitions to the
illegal siting of the buildings.
The Director, Ministry of Environment, Director of Public
Affairs, Kunle Adeshina, advising property owners whose buildings were yet to
be demolished, stressed that the demolition would address “the issue of
perennial flooding which has led to avoidable damage to property and caused
fatalities in some instances.”
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