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ezechi242:
And the Lagos State Government Demolished Chido's Dream

Chido relocated to Lagos from Onitsha two decades ago.

His dad was a lace fabric mogul in Onitsha, and he wanted to replicate the same success in Lagos, the city famous for its cultural melting point and its diversity.

He came here with the little capital he could afford at the time and then pitched his tent at Idumota Market in Lagos Island, where fabrics of all kinds are sold.

Brick by brick, mortal by mortal, he was able to grow as the God of wealth favored him.

He got married here as well, and all his kids were born in Lagos.

He just built his first house in the same estate where I live in Lagos and moved into the property three years ago.

A remarkable accomplishment for a man who came here with virtually nothing but his dream

Business was moving fine, and one day he had this wave length, a master stroke that he believed would change the fortunes of his business.

Why not build a plaza that will serve as an additional revenue stream for his business?

An agent introduced him to a family from Lagos State willing to lease their land for such a venture on Lagos Island.

A sum of 30 million naira was agreed upon between Chido and the family that owns the land, and a lease of 15 years was also agreed upon with an option to renew.

With the agreement in place, the necessary approvals and permissions from the Lagos State Government were sought and given.

Work commenced on site sometime last year. The idea was to build a 90-stores plaza, a befitting modern plaza that could rival Tayo Amusan's plazas.

Work was completed on site last month; traders have paid for all the shops, and the property was penciled down to be commissioned this Saturday, and that is when the drama started.

Unknown to Chido and his wife, Amaka Okoli-Chidozie, LASBCA (Lagos State Building Control Agency) has been sending notices of outstanding payments to them to pay up.

Even though they paid all the necessary dues before they began their buildings, they did not know that another payment was waiting for them to clear.

They only knew about the payment last week on Monday, and on Tuesday, the sum of 4.5 million naira was paid by Chido.

The money was payd through bank transfer and a receipt was instantly issued to him.

But more drama is on the way for the 42-year-old businessman.

It was on a Saturday night when his phone rang, and he picked it up. The caller on the line was calling to inform him whether he was aware that LASBCA (Lagos State Building Control Agency) was coming to demolish his new plaza.

He rushed to the site only to meet bulldozers, armed police, and men of LASBCA (Lagos State Building Control Agency) pulling down his hard work.

A project that cost him over 200 million naira to erect.

For proper context; there was no notice by this agency that they were coming to demolish.

It was more or less an ambush.

When he tried to call the GM of the agency, the man was not picking up his calls.

In that state of confusion, he was dialing the number of anyone he believed could help him, but help was not forthcoming; rather, he was told that the governor gave approval for his building to be demolished.

It was a sad Chido who went to meet the GM of the agency that demolished his plaza the next day, Monday, to understand what his offense was.

He was told that the building was demolished because he did not pay the necessary building regulatory fees.

I paid, and I have my receipts to show what he told the man.

Seeing that Chido had his receipt of payment, the Oga quizzed Chido to understand who cleared and accepted his payment.

He mentioned one Mr. Tunde.

But Tunde was with us the day we deliberated on how to demolish your building, the GM said.

He didn't even bring up the subject of your payment.

He was even with our men when the building was brought down.

How come?

What kind of man is this? The GM wondered.

So a call was placed by the GM to Mr. Tunde to understand why he kept him in the dark when Chido had paid his fee.

Tunde on the other line started stammering.

You know

I'm sorry, sir( Ana ede ebe Nile).

The deed has been done and cannot be reversed.

Chido's 200 million naira dream has been demolished by the Lagos State government.

I spoke to multiple traders in Lagos Island before writing this to understand what Chido’s crime was; the general consensus is that Chido's only crime appears to be that he is an Igbo man who chose to invest in Lagos.

Unfortunately, there won't be any consequences for those who intentionally choose to demolish a commercial building, even if the owner did nothing wrong.

For the Tunde of this world, life moves on.

The evil they are happy about will one day make them the saddest.

M sure he will sue d government agency.we indeed hav animals at d helm of affairs. Tribalistic yoruba lagosians.

Sonnobax15:

Despite the hardship the country has been plunged into,we(Nigerians) have seemed to have found succour in the internet.....

If data no dey my phone,my body no dey ever do me well...

Thats why i hope NCC should tax data usage so price of data soars. Its currently too cheap thats why miscreants are everywhere on d Internet

FreeStuffsNG:
This is what foreigners see from afar and decide to bring their investments here.

If you are in business and yet to call Nigeria home, please bring your investments to Nigeria. Lagos and the neighbouring SW Yoruba states are ready to host your investments and support you. Just don't meddle in our local politics and don't hate us your Yoruba host so that our land will not withhold its blessings from you and your investment.
God bless Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

Meaning do not vote a candidate we dont like?yoruba n tribalism blood.its irritating u guys tink like this in 21st century.

Daniel058:
visitinh Ebonyi state will answer your question

Ok

Trump will be nxt president whether they like it or not

beerfraud:
are eyes not on judiciary that are sacking Labour Party candidates up and down?

Yes they are. Nobody mentioned party.all i said eye on d judiciary n u sounding guilty

neoclassical:
Round pegs in a round hole.

1. Gov. Dave Umahi - Works

2. Gov. Nyesom Wike - FCT

3. Wale Edun - Finance and coordinating
Minister of the Economy.

You can add yours.

Why is umahi fit for workS?

plaindealer:
Kwankwaso don go reveal all the collaboration detail between Atiku and Pandora loser to #PBAT..


Life no balance at all..

He came to tell him all eyes on d judiciary

Imagine d face of monalisa n close ur eyes

So i will use my data to watch ur youtube page?are u ok?

TheOgaBoss:
this is an angle that is very likely.

People dnt step aside n analyse.they are too quick to judge.Putin needs Wagner esp for d war wit ukraine.No need assassinating him right now as wagner forces are still very mch active.who has access to kill wagner other than putin,its cia.they cant kill putin becos that will trigger a physical war,bt they can kill putin footmen one after d other without any retaliation frm russia

Anywhere south africa n egypt dey,naija no go dey there.Brics are wasting their time.russia n china are busy misleading african countries to become d new slave masters

Wickedfacts:
How is 'go to your place' tribalistic?
Is your place a death sentence?

You were born in Lagos, so what?
In your own place, can Yorubas do what you are doing in Lagos?

Yorubas are the most liberal and you ingrates have taken it for granted.

U see am...this proves my point,e dey una blood.our our our tribalism dey una blood.

CursedOsuPigs:
We dash you.

Remember to reshape her head too.

No need ,she doesnt tink like u lot.shes more accommodating to other Nigerian tribes.I never said i hate yorubas...i was only stating d obvious

OgaSeun:
You no get sense.

Truth hrts .sorry for hurting ur feelings

DoctorAyukebot:
I admire men like Prigozhin who outsmart the limitations placed by society. Western media seldom talks about him in a sentence without mentioning his juvenile past of fraud and robbery, that landed him a 12 years sentence in the 80's.

It is not his juvenile years of crime I admire, but how he was able to reposition himself into society as a food seller in kiosks on the streets of Moscow, to owner of luxurious chain of restaurants that hosted Putin and foreign dignitaries. Consequently he morphed himself from a petty crime boss to a lucrative businessman that fed the Kremlin and Russia's baracks, accruing billions of dollars in contracts from the Russian state. All this through Putin's patronage.

There is no denying with little to no military formation he extended his prowess in business to the Wagner Private Military Company that put Russia on the map of modern warfare tactics albeit brutality. However the day he saw of himself as the butterfly who had grown into a vulture, big enough to spill the blood of Russian pilots cos of grievances he could have directly hot lined Putin, was the end of the road for him. Lesson learned, Everyone has got a limit

Despite publicly declaring his mutiny was against military chiefs and not Putin, he outrightly placed the latter in a position of weakness that was masturbated by Western media for weeks. Whether Putin directly or indirectly has a hand in his demise yesterday, he has repositioned his image as a no nonsense dictator capable of taking his pound of flesh whenever and however.

Whether you are Pro or Anti Putin, the lesson here is Never Bite the Finger that Fed You

Dr Ayukebot O Rowland
Pharmacognosist
Flavell MEDICINA

Or he was killed by cia for betraying d west n collecting their money to oust putin.

It tells u where priority lies.mass wedding n child production us more important than education n u ask why d north is backward

Wickedfacts:
How is 'go to your place' tribalistic?
Is your place a death sentence?

You were born in Lagos, so what?
In your own place, can Yorubas do what you are doing in Lagos?

Yorubas are the most liberal and you ingrates have taken it for granted.

U cannot understand d tribalistic nature of that statement which further buttresses my point that tribalism is in a yoruba man blood.This is nigeria n anyone can live anywhere obeying d laws of d land,not wishes of d tribe of that area.i have yoruba people alot where i come frm n no one intimidates dem in anyway.

KimFlorence:
I'll be here when she will be regretting her decision. FO. No replies pls

See beef.Its well

aklid:
good😂
Cause I’m surprised when u said “your girl friend is a Yoruba and u love her so much” that statement tells people that read it something different

My gf is diff or rather seems diff.shes not like her people.if daddy GO n Kumuyi could close eye to a muslim muslim presidential election becos d favoured candidate is a yoruba man then it says alot.A yoruba man will always be tribalistic no matter d education.

oilyngbati:
Ipob cannibal…be proud of your tribe. You’re now an emergency northerner, taking side with Igbo, supporters of ipob terrorists. How many northerners have been killed in the SE simply because they are northerners compared to other regions? Bunch of liars

Fck d igbos....dem get their own problem too.bt una own na being tribalistic...e dey una blood.this last election brought out una real tribalistic nature for d whole country to see n now we d minority tribes jst dey look una .Now ar least we know,we are very careful wit u lots

Wickedfacts:
Why didn't you go back to your place and school there?
Must you die in Lagos as if have no future in your region.

I was born in lagos.i schld n grew up there.thats my dad decision not mine.U see this ur tribalistic talk of go back to ur place is wat makes people say u guys are tribalistic...e dey una blood.mind u in my place where i own a house,na yoruba plenty pass for my street for north.

Jovialjune1:
See tribalistic bigots complaining about others, and yet you're allowed to own houses and walk freely in a yoruba land, same can never happen in your region.

On d contrary u very wrong my broda. I come frm d north n yoruba people full my street. They operate freely without intimidation infact unlike wat u tribalistic lots did recently in Lagos physically attacking another tribe.una spoil una name for naija...all other tribes dey reason now say una no get permanent friend.u guys are tribalistic.

Offpointng:
And Igbos non tribalistic?? lmao just dey play

Everybody that says anything against yoruba is igbo abi?yorubas are tribalistic n self centred.every other tribe in nigeria know this

aklid:
just breakup with her🙄🙄👀

Why?i never said i hate yoruba people.I dont hav hate in me

KimFlorence:
I beg you in the name of God whether you believe in him or not, can you please leave our Yoruba sister for us and find a gf from your own tribe? I already know what your likes will do to her at the end, please leave her before it's too late and another Yoruba lady is taken down.

Unfortunately i cannot n shes not like u lots.shes open minded .

McLizbae:
With this your orientation, no amount of love can sustain that your relationship. RhiP to that relationship in advance

Unlike u,m not biased based although based on my relationship u will tink i should be.bt fck that wat makes me a diff nigerian frm u.I was born n bred in Lagos so i say it wit my full chest,yoruba lagosians are xtremely tribalistic.i suffered too frm yoruba teachers back then i. Sec schl.

thegooddieyoung:
That your Yoruba girlfriend whom you love so much is also tribalistic my brother

I hope shes not....becos she doesn't like dating yoruba guys n u know why.dat demon thingy

Stevenbright:
Forget gf issue! Irrespective of tribe, religion and educational level, everyone is entitled to who they support politically.

The funny thing is that most people who criticize others for supporting a particular candidate base on tribe affiliation, are equally guilty of the same thing.

Yeah most people not me.i dont hav that tribal sentiments in tins that concern progress.

SalamRushdie:
https://gazettengr.com/just-in-tinubu-blames-university-clerk-for-invalid-graduation-date-signature-logo-other-anomalies-on-chicago-certificate/

Na wah o...why is everything wit tinubu not straight