The Movement for the Transformation of Nigeria, Oworonshoki Chapter, has called on the Lagos State Government to compensate and resettle residents affected by the demolition of their homes in the community.
The group, in a statement issued on Thursday to mark three years since the demolitions, said many victims were still suffering the consequences of the exercise, including homelessness, health challenges and loss of livelihoods.
The statement, signed by the Coordinator of the group’s Oworonshoki Chapter, Sunday Ibinuolapo, and its Director of Media and Publicity, Opeyemi Benjamin Ogunlami, said residents affected across areas including Odunfa, Lone Street, Precious Seed and Ojileru were still waiting for compensation and resettlement.
According to the group, some residents had died from trauma, stress and harsh living conditions following the demolition, while others, particularly children and elderly people, were battling health challenges.
The group also claimed that hundreds of women, children and fathers were still sleeping in the open along the Oworonshoki Car Wash Expressway.
It said, “No roof. No dignity. No hope,” while lamenting the destruction of schools, businesses and livelihoods.
MOTION described the situation as “state-inflicted suffering,” accusing the Lagos State Government of abandoning the victims for three years without compensation, resettlement or accountability.
The group said, “Three years without compensation, without resettlement, without accountability is a failure of governance.”
MOTION urged the state government, under Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to immediately provide adequate compensation to all verified victims and commence urgent resettlement with decent housing for displaced families.
It also demanded medical and psychosocial support for affected residents and called for the establishment of a public panel to investigate and account for the demolition exercise.
The group said the government’s performance should not be measured only by infrastructure projects but also by how it treats vulnerable citizens.
“The ruins of Oworonshoki must not be the legacy of this administration. Justice delayed is justice denied,” it said.
MOTION added that it would continue to stand with the affected residents until their homes were restored, their dignity returned and their rights respected.
“A government that destroys homes must be responsible for rebuilding lives,” the group said
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