Recall that on Tuesday, the 21st day of December, 2021, residents of the Magodo Phase 2 Estate in the Shangisha area of Lagos State woke up to see bulldozers, caterpillars, heavy duty machineries and law enforcement agents acting directly under the instruction of the Inspector General of Police to demolish some buildings located inside the estate already marked for demolition by court order.
The matter was temporary quelled that day as the government of Lagos state had to intervene and the law enforcement agents were ordered to temporarily stand down as the government of Lagos state promised to handle the matter with utmost priority and make sure the Shangisha landlords association are duly compensated and that no property will end up been demolished.
It seems the matter is not yet over as some law enforcement agents who said to be acting under the superior order from the Inspector General of Police (IGP) through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) visited the estate again on Tuesday, 4th of January, 2022 with heavy machineries to execute the prior order of demolishing some of the house marked for demolition that’s located inside the Magodo phase 2 estate.
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The Lagos state Governor had to rush down to the location with some other state government officials including the Attorney General of the state before the law enforcement agents executed the orders given to them directly from Abuja. There was a heated argument between the governor, Mr. Jide Sawnolu and the police officer in charge of the operation identified as Mr. Abimbola Oyewole who holds the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (Csp).
After much back and forth exchange of words between the Lagos state government officials and the law enforcement agents that are taking orders directly from Abuja, the matter was resolved as Lagos state Governor said to have contacted the Inspector General of police and the Attorney General of Federation and the enforcement men were asked to stand down temporarily again for the second time.
Lagos state Governor emphasizes that as the chief security officer of the state he is treating the matter with utmost priority and diligence, and in no long time the matter will be settled and the people that deserve compensation will be duly compensated in good folds.
