Group leaders and displaced residents on Wednesday converged on the Ikeja Below-Bridge space of Lagos to protest the continued demolitions and alleged compelled evictions in waterfront and low-income communities, together with Makoko, Owode Onirin and Oworonshoki.

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The protesters accused the Lagos State Authorities of carrying out demolitions with out ample discover, compensation or resettlement plans for affected residents.

DAILY POST noticed that the demonstrators occupied strategic sections of the under-bridge, drawing the eye of commuters and motorists plying the busy Ikeja axis.

They have been seen carrying banners and placards with daring inscriptions resembling “Cease Pressured Evictions Now,” “Makoko Lives Matter,” “Demolition With out Resettlement Is Injustice,” “City Renewal, Not City Removing,” “Houses Not Rubble,” and “Housing Is a Human Proper.”

Different placards learn “The place Do You Need the Poor to Go?” “Lagos Is for All, Not the Wealthy Alone,” “Respect Court docket Orders,” and “Improvement With out Displacement.”

Some protesters additionally displayed pictures displaying demolished houses and displaced households, whereas others held placards bearing photos of kids and aged individuals allegedly affected by the demolitions.

Chanting solidarity songs and slogans, the protesters repeatedly referred to as on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to halt additional demolitions and have interaction affected communities in dialogue. In style chants included “No Justice, No Peace,” “Makoko Is Not a Slum,” and “Seek the advice of the Individuals.”

Talking to journalists on the scene, a few of the activists described the demolitions as inhumane and opposite to current courtroom rulings restraining compelled evictions in waterfront communities.

They alleged that many residents have been rendered homeless in a single day, with households compelled to sleep in canoes, underneath bridges and open areas following the demolition of their houses.

In line with the protesters, communities resembling Makoko, Owode Onirin and Oworonshoki have existed for many years and needs to be upgraded via correct city planning reasonably than destroyed.

The protesters vowed to maintain the demonstrations till the federal government addresses their calls for, together with the suspension of demolitions, provision of aid supplies, compensation and the implementation of humane resettlement insurance policies for affected residents.