Lagos Assembly orders State Task Force to halt demolition of houses in Kosofe
Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the demolitions.
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday ordered the State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit to stop demolition of houses in the Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State with immediate effect.
The decision of the House followed a 'Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ raised by the member representing Kosofe Constituency 1, Sanni Okanlawon, who told his colleagues some policemen and a team had stormed the area and demolished buildings.
Okanlawon said the demolition squad had claimed that only shanties would be pulled down but lamented that the team had gone beyond the shanties and demolished a lot of other buildings.
He said the demolition had affected Omolabake, Gandonu and Coker Estate areas of the local government area and that over 300 people have lost their buildings, property and sources of livelihood.
He said, upon investigation, it was discovered that the Ministry of the Environment …
