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Lagos Government Tears Down 19 Buildings at Trade Fair Plaza
It was a tough day for property owners at the Trade Fair Complex on Thursday, September 25th, as the Lagos State Government moved in and demolished a staggering 19 buildings at the New Mandela Plaza.
Why the sudden action? Officials claim the structures were illegal developments—either lacking the proper permits, built defectively, or sitting right on top of crucial road setbacks and drainage channels.
This wasn't a small operation, either. Teams from the Ministry of Physical Planning, LASBCA, LASURA, and others swooped in, backed by armed security and even members of the State House of Assembly.
The reaction from those affected? Pure anger. One distraught trader lamented that the lost buildings were worth over ₦150 million each.
"If the government doesn’t want companies or developments here, they should just say so clearly," he fumed. "People have invested their entire life savings. Now, more than 19 buildings in that plaza are gone."
Comment
the question is why spend millions to build a house when you know it will be demolished.
Then secondly what constitutes illegal structure ? Person suffer build house you call am illegal structure.
Don't just defend any government move you might be a victim of the injustice you support.
Is it proper for government to just demolish random houses and call them illegal structure
