Community protests demolition, seeks Sanwo-Olu’s intervention
reports that a similar protest had been held at the state House of House Assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja, a day earlier, where protesters were seen with placards with inscriptions such as “Say no to land grabbers and wrong demolition”, “Please help us in Oworonshoki “ and “We plead to the government to come to our rescue.”had earlier reported that several women and children had been rendered homeless as some hooded task force officials invaded the community, burnt houses and demolished others.
During the Wednesday protest that took place in Oworonshoki, protesters, including women and children, were seen rolling on the floor and begging the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to intervene in the matter. One of the protesters, Serah Ogundimu, lamented that her entire family, including three toddlers and her elderly mother, had been sleeping outside after their house was demolished.
She said, “One of us has four buildings here. We have all the papers. They demolished all four. Now, I don’t have anywhere to go. Sanwo-Olu should help us so that they will stop the demolition. We were not informed before they started demolishing our houses. We don’t know these people at all.
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