Honestly, it is necessary. The buildings are in dilapidated state.

The location has always been too juicy to leave alone. The relocation is going to be permanent, who them dey deceive? Is that the only jakande estate in Lagos in need of repairs... Vultures..

The tenants do enter one chance ,no be only relocating na reloback

Homextras:
The location has always been too juicy to leave alone. The relocation is going to be permanent, who them dey deceive? Is that the only jakande estate in Lagos in need of repairs... Vultures..

That's what happened to Maroko. They said that they wanted to make it safe, so that the ocean would stop flooding the place, but gigantic buildings appeared on the place after they sand-filled it and none of the former inhabitants got their property back. It became the home of millionaires.

[But have they considered the number of families that will be displaced? All this are simply selfish moves by those in government to acquire valuable land from the less privileged in the society. Not fair....
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naptu2:


That's what happened to Maroko. They said that they wanted to make it safe, so that the ocean would stop flooding the place, but gigantic buildings appeared on the place after they sand-filled it and none of the former inhabitants got their property back. It became the home of millionaires.

Urban renewal, Eko style

Move them where o, lots of life's would be changed by this action, necessary but painful action.

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If only we have had another JAKANDE for three successive tenures, Lagos would have been the Singapore of africa

smokeyupu:
[But have they considered the number of families that will be displaced? All this are simply selfish moves by those in government to acquire valuable land from the less privileged in the

They said they are being relocated.

Good news...that Jakande estate in Ilasan is the den of Cultist..please move them fast.

Homextras:
The location has always been too juicy to leave alone. The relocation is going to be permanent, who them dey deceive? Is that the only jakande estate in Lagos in need of repairs... Vultures..

Lol

That land is very valuable and the elites dont want a slum neighbouring which they could use to build their London

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naptu2:


That's what happened to Maroko. They said that they wanted to make it safe, so that the ocean would stop flooding the place, but gigantic buildings appeared on the place after they sand-filled it and none of the former inhabitants got their property back. It became the home of millionaires.

Did they have title to the property?

Whatever they do, they shouldn't just relocate Busola far away from Lekki. That girl has been generous to me and a great pussy she has.

naptu2:
This is the 3rd or 4th time that these people will be relocated.

In 1948, the Lagos Executive Development Board paid the Oniru Family £250,000 in order to take over a large parcel of land in Iru. It also paid an additional £150,000 as compensation for the inhabitants that were displaced and the shrines that were destroyed. Some of the inhabitants were resettled at Maroko. That parcel of land was developed by the Colonial Government and by the government of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and it became Victoria Island.

In 1990, the administration of Governor Raji Rasaki said that Maroko was unsafe for its inhabitants. They said that the area was prone to ocean surge and they gave the inhabitants an ultimatum to move out of the community. The residents took the government to court, but soldiers and bulldozers showed up one day and flattened the community. Brigadier Rasaki has since stated that he demolished Maroko because it was a den of criminals. Maroko was sand-filled and it became Victoria Island extension.

Governor Michael Otedola was left with the mess that the demolition of Maroko had created. He decided to resettle the residents at Jakande Estate and Ikota Estate in Lekki. These two estates were built by Governor Jakande in the early 1980s, but they had not been completed before he was removed from office. They didn't have electricity or pipe-borne water at that time and the buildings were not painted. The former residents of Maroko moved into the estates anyway. (Electricity was provided to the estate in 1998).


There have been rumours since year 2000 that the government was going to demolish Jakande and Ikota estates and it seems like the rumours were true.

what a great history

mmsen:


Did they have title to the property?

Some did, some didn't. Those that had were relocated to Jakande and Ikota by Governor Otedola. Those that didn't were left stranded.

Believe it or not, the law suit by the people of Maroko against the government is still ongoing.

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Relocate d oo dat place is an eye sore abeg a big slum

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Relocate them to where exactly

naptu2:
That's what happened to Maroko. They said that they wanted to make it safe, so that the ocean would stop flooding the place, but gigantic buildings appeared on the place after they sand-filled it and none of the former inhabitants got their property back. It became the home of millionaires.

No, it was not...
There was NEVER any promise to return the displaced to Maroko.

Maroko was deemed largely unsafe and a den of thieves (and of course it was both)...
But the primary reason it was demolished (and only a military man could have done it) was the many of residents were legally SQUATTERS!

Btw, whatever one may say about their relocation to Ikota and Jakande...
Those places were still much BETTER than the tin and wooden shacks at Maroko.

To make omelettes, you gotta break some eggs...
There's hardly any development without some form of dislocation, we just have to minimize the impact.
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GOOD MOVE...
That place is largely unfit for human habitation.
>

9jaRealist:
No, it was not...
There was NEVER any promise to return the displaced to Maroko.

Maroko was deemed largely unsafe and a den of thieves (and of course it was both)...
But the primary reason it was demolished (and only a military man could have done it) was the many of residents were legally SQUATTERS!

Btw, whatever one may say about their relocation to Ikota and Jakande...
Those places were still much BETTER than the tin and wooden shacks at Maroko.

To make omelettes, you gotta break some eggs...
There hardly any development without some form of dislocation, we just have to minimize the impact.>

............................by paying adequate compensation, providing mass transportation like light rail etc.
Was that done?
Has that been done?
Will that ever be done


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9jaRealist:


No, it was not...
There was NEVER any promise to return the displaced to Maroko.

Maroko was deemed largely unsafe and a den of thieves (and of course it was both)...
But the primary reason it was demolished (and only a military man could have done it) was the many of residents were legally SQUATTERS!

Btw, whatever one may say about their relocation to Ikota and Jakande...
Those places were still much BETTER than the tin and wooden shacks at Maroko.

To make omelettes, you gotta break some eggs...
There hardly any development without some form of dislocation, we just have to minimize the impact.
>

That was not the primary reason that it was demolished. The man that demolished it has stated the primary reason why it was demolished and that was because it was a den of robbers. In fact, Governor Rasaki narrated an incident that occurred when he and President Babangida secretly went to inspect projects at Epe. They were attacked by armed robbers on their way back (near the present Lekki Phase 1). He wanted to dethrone the Baale because of that incident.

Brigadier Rasaki said that he repeatedly asked President Babangida for permission to demolish Maroko because of the robbery issue, but Babangida refused to give him permission because of the people that will be displaced. However, when Babangida went on a one week trip out of the country, Governor Rasaki used the opportunity to demolish the place.

There were lots of buildings at Maroko that were made of bricks and concrete. It wasn't a stick shanty. In fact, some of the people that were relocated had multiple storey buildings at Maroko, but they ended up having to stay in stick shanties at Ikota and Jakande (because they were allocated flats that had not been built).

Governor Otedola said that the demolition of Maroko was done in error and he promised to give them back their properties (those that had evidence), but he said that he would give them back the land through the Oniru.

Several of the residents there had title to the land. There were many squatters, but there were also many people that owned land there. For example, St Theresa's Catholic Church was a fully built brick building at Maroko, but they were reduced to having services under a rafia canopy at Ikota. Ditto for St Kizito's Clinic.

I'm not for or against the demolition, but history must be told correctly.