₦airaland Forum

Freetech:
Look at the developer critically, you can predict where he comes from.

When that building is pulled down you will begin to hear tribal slur

But no developer will do that without approval from the government.

I hope this video will get to the. Lagos state government

This is not just land reclamation but pure blockage of water flow and the result is serious flooding

LegalWolf:
LOL - how the heck would you believe that the government gave approval for this nonsense? Later, if demolition start, a particular demographic may claim being targeted.

So someone will just go and be filling canal when no be him papa get am?

There has to be some backing somewhere.

Why are most Nigerians very dubious why causing wahala every were

No, you're wrong.
For massive constructions like this, you can't falsify the govt approval, because the govt agencies themselves move around to physically inspect any new construction e.g. LABSCA, MOE, Physical planning, Safety Agency, etc.
What happens is that, the govt agencies actually give these permits, and they are authentic. But later still turn around to demolish.
The reason? State sponsored land grabbing , where powerful omoniles just take people's lands and demolish their houses, except you pay whatever amount they demand, they use a combination of touts, police and the same govt agencies to raid and intimidate home owners. No matter how authentic your papers are, they must take your land.
Initially, people thought the only security against these things was to ensure you get authentic papers. But that has been proven to be a fallacy. In Lagos, the govt itself is actively involved in land grabbing as a means of settlement of political benefactors. After the last elections, they used people's lands and houses to "settle" certain political Omoniles. The govt will just tell them, we allocate from here to here to you, go and take their lands, we will back you up.
Don't come to nairaland and act naive like you don't know all these.

djseanjohn77:
You just spoke as an ignorant person. As if you are not aware that people deliberately pay through back channel to get fake government stamps - which they themselves are very aware the approval is not authentic. They just hope they will get away with it, or government will look other way for couple of years. I have heard people say - Government no ey come easily, at least i go don use the house for 5 - 30 years before they come. Offenders understand who they are patronizing. The developers know what they are doing, theirs is to get the project done, sell it off before government appears. This is a norm, not just in building, many Nigerian cut corners almost everywhere.

ibedun:
Ebuka, wetin be your own inside Lagos state matter? wetin dey happen for your own region?

Defender of the universe, don't go and tell your criminal government to do regulatory responsibility she's entrusted with. Let her turn a blind eye and pretend to be sleeping now that a responsible citizen is drawing their attention it. Amala people

To me it can only be done if the person that wants to build construct a standard bridge that the house can be built on top......as third mainland bridge dey on can build house on it it will carry it.because canal shouldn't be blocked these are part of what causes floods when rain starts fully

AntiChristian:
What's wrong with sand filling canal if done appropriately with approval from Lagos state?

Na today they've been doing it?

Go island and see massive sand filling!

This one na cruise jare!

A lot of them don't know that sand filling and Land Reclamation is a thing done with Government Approval.

The while of outer Marina in Lagos were Land Reclaimed from the Lagos Lagoon.

There is a street on Lagos Island named "Reclamation Street" but now called Iga Idungaran Street I think.

The Video man doesn't even know the difference between Canal and Swampy tracks.

They should visit Ilu Birin on on Lagos Island and see the amount of Land reclaimed from the Lagos Lagoon.

If done properly, Land Reclamation is a way Government accommodate the growing population and built up Areas and Cities.

Alabig1000:
Them wan do am for us wey wan follow canal go Canada

Which kain Cana you dey take. See wetin human being hand dey type.

LegalWolf:
LOL - how the heck would you believe that the government gave approval for this nonsense? Later, if demolition start, a particular demographic may claim being targeted.

So someone woke up in the morning to do this without any form of approval?

When he succeeds and an innocent man buys the land and build on it, same people like you will twist it and blame same demography you are already implying.

Lagos can't give you approval to do this ..this is a scamin progress

CJStarz:
Bros,you go school well well.
You're a pro!

Person paste ChatGPT response you dey say he go school

ebuk4real:
Hmmm..the government will turn a blind eye now and once it's developed, they will foolishly come to demolish. I hope they do the needful

The truth is nor be the government we go term foolish, na the real estate company and the people who buy lands in such estate we go call FOOLISH.

Yes the government can be called nonchalant right now and wicked when they start demolishing buildings built on such land.

This brother is a very responsible citizen. It's part of our civic responsibility to report this type of activity immediately we notice it, abd thank goodness for social media! Now, Lagos State Government should move to arrest and prosecute the so-called real estate company and any official or non-official connected with any mickey-mouse approval the company has to justify this madness!🤨

Akwakwa don go viral ... u see how wicked this lagos state government are.... they gave approval cos they are in it with these criminal developers ..... these developers will complete it and sell to unsuspecting victims ... after selling everything and making their money , they will give those lagos state officials their own cut ... then the next regime will come and demolish....they will tell ubto go and meet the people that gave them approval while demolishing it ... very wicked people that should all be in jail for life

Nteogwuija:
But no developer will do that without approval from the government.

Govt don't give approval for such. The developer would have been told it's wrong, but money must have exchanged hands between developer and monitoring team, so the team overlook it and let time address the case.
It's just like people tipping electricity disconnection staff from disconnecting their light when they are owing, instead of paying the fund into their utility bill account
I have someone that deals with land documentation, there was a building they came for inspection, when the area was still underdeveloped, people ran electric wire through the premises to the other street, the inspection team told the house owner he can't get any legit document with that little issue, that he should arrange with the community to reroute that wire from his compound, it took time due to the excessive cost implication as the wire is no longer the tiny type, but aluminium abi na copper cable that comes out of transformer.
If he chose to tip those guys to get any document after the advice, it's definitely certain that it won't be legit

OlujobaSamuel:
Govt don't give approval for such. The developer would have been told it's wrong, but money must have exchanged hands between developer and monitoring team, so the team overlook it and let time address the case.
It's just like people tipping electricity disconnection staff from disconnecting their light when they are owing, instead of paying the fund into their utility bill account
I have someone that deals with land documentation, there was a building they came for inspection, when the area was still underdeveloped, people ran electric wire through the premises to the other street, the inspection team told the house owner he can't get any legit document with that little issue, that he should arrange with the community to reroute that wire from his compound, it took time due to the excessive cost implication as the wire is no longer the tiny type, but aluminium abi na copper cable that comes out of transformer.
If he chose to tip those guys to get any document after the advice, it's definitely certain that it won't be legit

Omoh, I get the point now. But that's really risky and near foolish from the developer.

Alabig1000:
Them wan do am for us wey wan follow canal go Canada

So Hilarious!

Lukuluku69:
A lot of them don't know that sand filling and Land Reclamation is a thing done with Government Approval.

The while of outer Marina in Lagos were Land Reclaimed from the Lagos Lagoon.

There is a street on Lagos Island named "Reclamation Street" but now called Iga Idungaran Street I think.

The Video man doesn't even know the difference between Canal and Swampy tracks.

They should visit Ilu Birin on on Lagos Island and see the amount of Land reclaimed from the Lagos Lagoon.

If done properly, Land Reclamation is a way Government accommodate the growing population and built up Areas and Cities.

You can reclaim a swamp but not a canal.
Canal is the water ways in the swamp.
It's just like saying you are allowed to build in the middle of a road.
Canal is a road in the water, no one will grant you approval to block it.

Julibet:
Guess what? The government officials that gave them approval will still demolish it in future.

Why can't they just reject the request for approval? They of course want to eat now and then eat later. The corruption eats very deep.

Corruption has eaten so deep into the fabric of our society. This scenario is akin a two-way street. On one hand is the businessman/trader/student/cindividual offering bribes just to bypass regulations, and on the other hand are the officials who will accept these bribes, offer temporary reliefs, and then go back to enforce the law . Abeg, who is more evil of these two sets of people?

Freetech:
Look at the developer critically, you can predict where he comes from.

When that building is pulled down you will begin to hear tribal slur

Is it the man raising the alarm you’re referring to as the developer? 🤦🏽‍♂️

Freetech:
Look at the developer critically, you can predict where he comes from.

When that building is pulled down you will begin to hear tribal slur

Stop saying nonsense....we know say na una de do this thing with una government....u sell off to us and then una people go come de destroy properties wey we buy .... why dem no destroy oni of ife own ??

AnonPoet:
Man raises alarm after spotting a canal in Sangotedo, Lagos State being sand-filled by a real estate company. He further stated that the developers claimed they had approval from the Lagos State Government to carry out the sand-filling.

Man raises alarm after spotting a canal in Sangotedo, Lagos State being sand-filled by a real estate company. He further stated that the developers claimed they had approval from the Lagos State Government to carry out the sand-filling. pic.twitter.com/dXec7Hbicb

— 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐲𝐆𝐑𝐍 (@AsakyGRN) March 31, 2026

Something they will bring down very soon

ibedun:
Ebuka, wetin be your own inside Lagos state matter? wetin dey happen for your own region?

How come this comment isnt banned

Nteogwuija:
Omoh, I get the point now. But that's really risky and near foolish from the developer.

It's because there is no law yet on that, normally if it's building collapses, the developer can be prosecuted in future should such happen, but in the case of documentation, he will claim not to know the document isnt valid.
I think in Lagos now, the state is now introducing an e-system that you can use to verify the full status of a land, including the different approvals granted it, any illegitimate approval can't be uploaded, although I don't know how far the implementation is.
Another thing is, developers and land owners are not usually willing to release their documents to you when you are yet to pay, they only show you for sighting, and when payment don enter their hand, it becomes a long case

Banana island and eko Atlantic are sand filling of the sea, so what is sand filling of a canal?

This is why they drink sewer water. And I’m 1,000% sure that the govt didn’t give them permit to sandfill a canal, the rush to clean the blood money through real estate outweigh the risk of bulldozing the building.

Shebi rainy season dey come. We go hear scores. Let them keep sand filling

OlujobaSamuel:
You can reclaim a swamp but not a canal.
Canal is the water ways in the swamp.
It's just like saying you are allowed to build in the middle of a road.
Canal is a road in the water, no one will grant you approval to block it.

Of course you can reclaim swampy Land and I have seen it done dozens of times here in Lagos. I can give you at least 10 of those reclamation here in Lagos.

Please watch the video again and if you are conversant with the terrain of that Lekki Area, almost 60%-70% of the Estates you see around that axis comes exactly the way it was in that video.

Even swampy lands do have inlets to bigger water bodies that said this particular video is just a swampy land and not a Canal.

🚣‍♂️ Canals are human-made waterways built for navigation, irrigation, or drainage. Think of them like artificial rivers, often connecting lakes, rivers, or seas to facilitate transportation or water management .

I am not saying the Developers are right on this one though, they may or may not have an Approval in place.

Let the relevant Government Agency investigate and do the needful.

Lukuluku69:
Of course you can reclaim swampy Land and I have seen it done dozens of times here in Lagos. I can give you at least 10 of those reclamation here in Lagos.

Please watch the video again and if you are conversant with the terrain of that Lekki Area, almost 60%-70% of the Estates you see around that axis comes exactly the way it was in that video.

Even swampy lands do have inlets to bigger water bodies that said this particular video is just a swampy land and not a Canal.

🚣‍♂️ Canals are human-made waterways built for navigation, irrigation, or drainage. Think of them like artificial rivers, often connecting lakes, rivers, or seas to facilitate transportation or water management .

I am not saying the Developers are right on this one though, they may or may not have an Approval in place.

Let the relevant Government Agency investigate and do the needful.

The one in the video is canal, not swamp.
You can see that it cut it off in the middle, and it's not having swamp plants, trees or shrubs on either sides