The Lagos State Government has defended the demolition of buildings at the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, insisting the demolition was purely technical and not targeted at any ethnic group. Recall, the State Government, in September, began demolition of unsafe and illegal buildings at the Trade Fair Complex. Olumide Oluyinka, Hon. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development dismissed claims of ethnic victimisation during an interview on Channels Television’s the Morning Brief on Thursday. “That is not true,” he argued, claiming that “We have been to Owode Onirin, Idumota, and Ikeja.…
Lagos Govt Justifies Trade Fair Demolition, Refutes Ethnic Targeting Allegations
