On Saturday 8 April 2017, about 9 am, armed thugs attacked the residents of Otodo Gbame Community, one resident was killed and at least five others injured. This attack is one of several attacks suffered by the community, since November 2016, when it was first demolished.

Armed police entered Otodo Gbame community on 8 April at about 6 am and fired live bullets and teargas at residents, even while they were trying to flee into the water. One person was killed amid the chaos. This attack continued until late evening. Thousands of people were evicted, including babies, people who were already injured or sick, and older persons. Many people were stranded on canoes on the water as the police prevented them from berthing on land.

Simultaneously, armed police doused houses, on land and water, with kerosene, setting them ablaze.
On 9 April, Lagos state Ministry of Justice confirmed that they demolished Otodo Gbame because of security concerns after security agents were killed in theIshawo area of Ikorodu in Lagos State on Saturday night. The Ministry tweeted on 9 April: “Lagos State government has received strong security reports revealing that militants are hiding amongst the people in the Otodo Gbame…”


It further stated: “The State government will stop at nothing to secure the State and is willing to take unpopular decisions that will protect lives & property. The Otodo Gbame situation is one of such. We are sure that posterity will justify this action”

Officials of the Lagos Task Force made up of Lagos State agencies, have repeatedly forcibly evicted Otodo Gbame residents. On 9 and 10 November 2016, more than 30,000 residents were forcibly evicted. The task force used fire and bulldozers to demolish the houses.
For more information about recent forced evictions of Otodo Gbame and the court rulings that are supposed to prevent it.

Culled from AYTHI SEC report.

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We all know why the state govt is after the demolition and evacuation of this area. No be lekki e be?
LoL. Just watch the sprawling properties that will spring up here before the end of ambode's tenure in office.

More concerned with what's seen on the surface, it's not by displacing/'packing' the poverty away, this isn't development

Justice Onigbangbo has struck out contempt proceedings against the Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, stating that “the court lacks the jurisdiction to charge the governor of the state because of the immunity he enjoys.”

The judge further said that “if the governor had truly ordered the forceful eviction and demolition of the second applicant, he undermined the principles of the rule of law and the same process which put him in office in the first place.”

The displacement of Otodo Gbame residents by the Lagos state government is still a trending topic in Nigeria

- The residents have resorted to the courts to get judgment against the Lagos government

- They are having the upper-hand in court at the moment

Victory in court may be in sight for Otodo Gbame residents as a high court judge, Justice S.A Onigbanjo of the Lagos state high court accused the Lagos state government of contempt