POWA Complex Demolition: Ikeja traders struggle to rebuild amidst uncertainty, appeal for temporary settlement
While many traders were recounting their end-of-the-year profits, the POWA shop owners ended the year with a heavy heart and huge loss worth millions of naira, resuming the new year with uncertainty.
On Friday, January 12, Mr. Adebanjo Akinola*, a laptop trader at Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos, was shocked to discover the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping (POWA) Complex, popularly known as Mega City, in debris.
Akinola travelled to his hometown for the festivities and came to check on his friend, Mr. Ifeanyi Uzor, who has a shop at the Mega City.
“I just called him now, and he informed me that he was only able to retrieve some of his goods, while the rest were confiscated by the Police,” he lamented to The Record.
“What’s next for them? Are they (POWA) going to find another space for them to sell?” Akinola queried.
On January 31st, 2023, about 300 shops at the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping (POWA) Complex in the Computer Village, Ikeja area of Lagos were demolished.
While many traders were recounting their end-of-the-year profits, the POWA shop owners ended the year with a heavy he…
