After the Lagos State Government gave residents of Makoko, 72 hours notice to quit their homes amidst much public criticism, The Egun Community decided to show Governor Fashola just how displeased they were, by holding a protest today, outside his office at Alausa.
Addressing the protesting community, Governor Babatunde Fashola said that some individuals, whom he did not identify, are benefiting from the sufferings of the residents as they live on the water, and are receiving grants from international charities and funding bodies.
He told the residents that occupants of the demolished areas, were largely people from Cameroun, Republic of Benin and Togo.
In the course of forcefully evicting the residents on Monday, the Baale of Makokos assistant was shot and killed by a policeman during a peaceful protest by residents and supporters.
The Governor, after condoling with the Baale, Steven Ajih, over the killing of his Assistant Timothy Azinpono, did not say what his administration would do to bring the killer to book, but he opened his doors to a conversation with the Baale on the boundaries of the demolition exercise on the waterfront.
Well known lawyer, Femi Falana, reacted to the news of the eviction by lashing out at the Fashola administration saying it is “promoting murder, orchestrating a massive internal displacement of citizens through forceful eviction, and waging a war of impunity against poor people”..... “Lagos State Government should be held vicariously liable in the circumstance” which he described as a “willful destruction of properties… that is illegal and unconstitutional.”
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