Some residents of Oworonshoki, Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos

State have protested that they have not been compensated since over a year

that demolition was done in the area.

This is coming after the state government in July 2023 demolished buildings

in the area with the Special Adviser to the state governor on Media and

Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, noting that the action was taken to get rid of

hoodlums hiding in some of the structures.

The Publicity Secretary of the African Action Congress in Lagos,

Osatohamhen Ebhohon, who disclosed this when he joined the community

members in a meeting also maintained that members of the community

were yet to be compensated, explaining that the victims “cut across the

young and elderly.”

The Lagos State Government however clarified why some property owners

may not be compensated when their properties are demolished by the

government.

The state Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said,

persons who built property on wetlands or drainage channels were not

entitled to compensation and quizzed on whether the government made

adequate compensation for those affected by the Oworonshoki demolition,

the commissioner promised to find out about them.