Lawyer Faults South-East Governors’ Silence On Demolition Of Igbo-owned Properties In Lagos

A quality rights lawyer, Ogechukwu Maureen Okafor, has condemned the continued soundlessness of South-East governors connected the caller demolition of properties and markets owned by Igbo traders successful Lagos State.

She feared that continued inactions by the leaders lone emboldens the enactment believed could substance societal unrest.

Okafor, successful a connection made disposable to journalists successful Lagos connected Friday, stated that the demolitions reflected a signifier of economical and taste marginalisation, requiring urgent nationalist attention.

She further alleged that the Lagos State Government was targeting thriving Igbo-owned businesses nether the guise of municipality renewal, lamenting that nonaccomplishment of South-East leaders to enactment suggests indifference to the plight of their people.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State authorities had since defended the demolition workout it carried retired successful immoderate areas of the state, asserting that affected buildings were amerciable and lacked due permits.

But, Okafor maintained that the enactment was a deliberate economical strangulation of a circumstantial taste group, whom she believed had contributed immensely to Lagos’ prosperity.

“I americium astonished that the 5 governors of Igbo States person maintained a deafening soundlessness successful the look of blatant favoritism and systematic demolition being meted retired to Ndi Igbo by the Lagos State Government.

“From Ladipo Market to Computer Village, Igbo-built markets and estates are being demolished successful what is intelligibly a deliberate economical strangulation of a radical who person greatly contributed to Lagos’ prosperity, portion our leaders look the different way,” she claimed.

The lawyer maintained that continued disenfranchisement of a large taste radical could ignite despair and trigger unrest.

She described the demolitions arsenic some morally reprehensible and constitutionally untenable, noting further that it undermines the national principles that warrant state of question and residence for each Nigerians.

“If different states were to reciprocate specified hostility toward Yoruba settlers oregon immoderate different taste group, the cherished law close to state of question and residence crossed the federation would beryllium rendered meaningless,” she stated.

She stressed further that the contented transcends taste lines, describing it arsenic a nationalist coiled that tin inactive heal with timely and intentional interventions.