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One Of The Greatest Injustice In Nigeria Happened In Lagos! by GeorgesDiary(m): 12:10pm On Nov 23, 2021 |
One of the greatest injustices done to humanity in Nigeria before 2020 began in 1948 in the same Lagos. A larger part of what we know today as Victoria Island was originally a part of the jurisdiction of the Oniru Chieftaincy family. The Lagos Executive Development Board would later pay 400,000 pounds as compensation to resettle the inhabitants at Maroko Village. In 1990, 300,000 legal residents of Maroko Town were forcefully evicted by the military Governor of Lagos State, Raji Rasaki. This eviction did not only cause loss of homes it also resulted in numerous severe injuries. Maroko Town was called Victoria Island Annex, it was cleared and sold to residential buyers. It was expanded and connected to Lekki Peninsula and the new enlarged area was called "Oniru Estate" after the ruling family of the area. This is one of the largest forced evictions in Nigeria history without any compensation. Many years later, several Nigerian Youths would be shot by the Nigerian Army and Police at Lekki Toll Gate, three minutes drive from where more than 300,000 people were forcefully evicted and made homeless without compensation by the military led by Raji Rasaki.
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Re: One Of The Greatest Injustice In Nigeria Happened In Lagos! by Christistruth00: 8:40pm On Nov 25, 2021 |
GeorgesDiary: There was no Lekki Massacre or do you expect Nigerians to believe that Nathaniel Solomon who granted Punch Newspaper an Interview on 11 September 2021 and is still alive and well , was actually shot and Killed at Lekki Toll gate Last year Nonsense! 2 Likes 1 Share |
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