TOPCRUISE:
I believe that they were defrauded by omonile or land grabbers who sold it to them intentionally and the unsuspecting public bought from them. The people that chased the FHA officials from the sites are the land grabbers

Omonile activities in Lagos is worrisome. They can sell land to you, if you don't develop it, they'll sell that same portion to another person and get you another site that may be smaller and farther from the first place and nothing will happen. I think the govt failure to take them head on could be because they are mostly their foot soldiers.

Dafresh:

You're a big liar can you swear that those lands wasn't approved

Can you also swear that it was approved? If it was approved how come not one of the people with multimillion naira buildings is suing abi na so dem get money to throway? Don't let blind emotion mislead you! They dont have papers and they know it. Nigerians and anyhowness

bid4rich:
I have a question sir.....

Who sold the land to them?

Can anybody buy land im such area without government

Do they have C of O

If all the above questions have government hand, then, why the demolition?

Thank you sir

They know the land and locations they were building on were illegals, FG bought the entire land since the 70s but only built on phase 1 while phase 2 -4 were mapped and planned
They bought the lands illegally thinking by building on it nothing will happen
They have themselves to blame, the playground we used to play on that also served as green area, one importer and exporter bought it but we the residents took him to court and stop it
He abandoned it and went to the buffer zone, now the property has been demolished
Most of the residents are very happy with this move

Alaigbo:
There is no need for all this foolish questions.
As you truly wan prove say you are foolish I have more govt land I can sell to you, those their houses were demolished n your father. Come and buy n wait to raise this questions after your next house as been demolished.

Out of all the people that mentioned me in the thread, none of them use a foul word *foolish* except you.

My conclusion is that you are truly FOOLish and your name is FOOLISHNESS

Enjoy your foolishness in peace, you son of perdition.

Rebelutionary:

Can you also swear that it was approved? If it was approved how come not one of the people with multimillion naira buildings is suing abi na so dem get money to throway? Don't let blind emotion mislead you! They dont have papers and they know it. Nigerians and anyhowness

They are all illegal, all of them know they bought it illegally

agentarcher:
The path the current ibo generation are charting will only lead to alienation. Illegal structures are over Nigeria. The buyers know very well it is illegal but believe they can bribe their way through it. Then when a new government comes in and do not care about bribing you say tribal hate. Getting a land in the east the legal way isn't even easy as an outsider, why do you then say it is okay to get land the illegal way in another man's land? All this unnecessary tribal hate has to stop. So the law shouldn't apply to ibos? The other tribes that are involved, why are we not hearing them singing tribal hate?

Stop writing NONSENSE here...

AustineE1:
Why all of a sudden after the flawed elections Lagos now realised that properties in the streets where Igbos dominate has one issue or the other and now the Tinubu led Federal govt has asked the FHA to go to festac and demolish properties there,simply because a certain people has most of the properties there.
I can assure you that Igbos are very tough people and in difficult conditions,they strive better and there is always positivity in every situation. It is now motivating a lot of Lagos Igbos whom use to think that they where at home with the cowardly Yorubas, to now start investing massively back home. I got to Akwa last month and it was a massive construction site,meaning more money and employment for home boys.Thats rexactly the way to go.
I am sure Igbos got the message sent by Yoruba authorities and at the appropriate time they will be paid back.

pls do, you wont be missed!

blaise26abj:


But it takes two to tango . If they bribe an official to carry out an illegality , they should be prosecuted as well as the building demolished . They should bring evidence of bribery against the officials so they can all go down . Bribe doesn’t change the law , it only postpones the inevitable .

I see what you saying but realistically it doesn't work like that because the government is held higher than the individual in this cases.
Here's why, the government has a duty to protect the citizens.

The government writes the laws.

The government enforces the law.

The government officials accepted the bribe.

Government turned blind eyes and refused to enforce thier own laws.

Yes, citizens have a duty to be law abiding but when they are misled by big brother government, that's bad.

Badgers14:


The bolded is the problem.

The example you gave with the stolen car is comparing apples to oranges

The bottom line here is, if the government officials didn't collect bribes and did their job.. those houses will not be built.

The government has a duty to protect thier citizens not to enable criminal activity.

Ok ohh. So the fact you know there is kleg, you then settle one so called official that could be posted out the next week, no receipt or approval, it then gives you the boldness to continue to pour your hard earned money into the property? That is being smart by half. The joke is on you.
Oyinbo calls it penny wise pound foolish. (pardon the quote, just a general reference and not to you personally).

Are you Igbo ?
This should tell who the fool is btw us.

bid4rich:


Out of all the people that mentioned me in the thread, none of them use a foul word *foolish* except you.

My conclusion is that you are truly FOOLish and your name is FOOLISHNESS

Enjoy your foolishness in peace, you son of perdition.

agentarcher:
The path the current ibo generation are charting will only lead to alienation. Illegal structures are over Nigeria. The buyers know very well it is illegal but believe they can bribe their way through it. Then when a new government comes in and do not care about bribing you say tribal hate. Getting a land in the east the legal way isn't even easy as an outsider, why do you then say it is okay to get land the illegal way in another man's land? All this unnecessary tribal hate has to stop. So the law shouldn't apply to ibos? The other tribes that are involved, why are we not hearing them singing tribal hate?

You have never been to the east and you say to get land in the east for outsider is not easy?

Who gave you that notion or is it just a propaganda you people are spreading?

JohnAOne:
I'm sure if you go further, warnings must have started before 2021, but Nigerians (particularly those people) like to prove stubborn.

If you don't know, get it now: the time of 'anyhow' 'anyhow' life in Lagos (and the South West) is gradually coming to an end.

If you don't like the way we decide to do things in the South West, simply take the next EXIT and go back to you region!

Goan build your "mansions" there.

God continue to bless YORUBALAND!

God bless Nigeria.

I'm sure you will be the first person to kick against racism where there's no difference between you and them. Go and pursue them. Hypocrits

Mitsurugi:



I am a lawyer, they weren't approved. If they were they will sue the government for damages. So let's wait for the next few months

You're right their next move is what I'm waiting for

Badgers14:


I see what you saying but realistically it doesn't work like that because the government is held higher than the individual in this cases.
Here's why, the government has a duty to protect the citizens.

The government writes the laws.

The government enforces the law.

The government officials accepted the bribe.

Government turned blind eyes and refused to enforce thier own laws.

Yes, citizens have a duty to be law abiding but when they are misled by big brother government, that's bad.

Government is the people . People are good and bad . There is no misleading here . It was either lack of due diligence or bribery and corruption . Either way , it is against the law.

Eg . If you get to a traffic light at red . You know you are not to move , but you give the traffic warden 50 Naira and drive through then you have an accident or road safety catches you , will you sue or blame the government ?

Government officials or enforcers accepting bribe doesn’t change the law. You only have rogue officials . And they are also breaking the law by accepting or soliciting bribes . Only the officials will be held accountable. Not the government . That is why a corrupt governor will go to jail and not the whole state government .

Afamed:


If your brothers or sisters have approval plans from Govt, this is time to take the Govt to court .

Do not come here with emotions

you that always pray for someone down fall

There is only 1 solution to this wickedness, Igbos and Biafra at large should stop investing beyond their rejeons to avoid this kind of wasted effort and hard earned resources. It is high time the old eastern rejeons politicians demand for a workable sea port and international airports in the old eastern regions to end this monopoly of the the west and Northern regions domination. Anyway Biafra is coming to address all this madness, Nigeria is never a country and can never be a country.

Nairaland is now a tribal war websites. It has been taken over by Yorubas. It's well.

papapchi:
There is only 1 solution to this wickedness, Igbos and Biafra at large should stop investing beyond their rejeons to avoid this kind of wasted effort and hard earned resources. It is high time the old eastern rejeons politicians demand for a workable sea port and international airports in the old eastern regions to end this monopoly of the the west and Northern regions domination. Anyway Biafra is coming to address all this madness, Nigeria is never a country and can never be a country.

Do you honestly think only Igbos are affected ? It happens a lot in abuja and is it ionly gbos that are affected? People should stop being sentimental . If per chance it is only igbos , then the affected igbos are a lawless bunch . But I pretty sure other ethnic groups are also affected . Bad people cut across all tribes

they declared nigeria a zoo....they can do what they want....they declared nigeria a zoo....they can do what they want.......

tsdarkside:


they declared nigeria a zoo....
they can do what they want....

Do accept nigeria is a zoo.. I thought you people call igbos developers. Were did that word go to now u are seeing this demolition?

bid4rich:
I have a question sir.....

Who sold the land to them?

Can anybody buy land im such area without government

Do they have C of O

If all the above questions have government hand, then, why the demolition?

Thank you sir

They bought the land from. Omonile who claimed the land belongs to their family. FHA took these guys to court and won. There u have what's playing out today.

bid4rich:
I have a question sir.....

Who sold the land to them?

Can anybody buy land im such area without government

Do they have C of O

If all the above questions have government hand, then, why the demolition?

Thank you sir

ipob

This has all the trademarks of WITCH-HUNTING. Why demolish now?. Is it because Tinubu of Lagos is now in power at the centre?.

Yes, we know it's FHA parcel of land inherited after Festac "77. But why has there never been a demolition since. Why could FHA not accept a financial settlement to regularize their papers? So, what would FHA do with the land now?.

Any act of property demolition in Nigeria is an act of wickedness. But this here is pure cowardise. They had the lever to carry out demolitions now simply because Tinubu is at the centre. It's still FHA, Lagos office. Why are other FHA in other parts of the country not demolishing?. We have FHA lands in all 36 states of the federation.

OUTRIGHT DEMOLITION IS PURE WICKEDNESS AND WITCH HUNTING. THE OWNERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPTION TO PAY AND REGULARIZE THEIR DOCUMENTS.

Lanrelagboi:


If you watch the video, you will see where the FHA officials said they went to mark the houses for them to stop work but they ignored and continued their building

If this is the case, then I have nothing against the demolition. But there should be more enforcement of the stoppage of buildings.

Appletek:


Person wey Ekpa dey tie him mama every Monday dey claim Lagosian.

who is ekpa? I don't know him. na ur uncle?

Appletek:


Na wetin land them for where them dey so. Dey cry, mucus dey comot their nose. Dumb people.

court will rule in the favour like tinubu.

The last man narrations and explanation form the video for me it's said it all in nut shell. Every one should becareful

adamusuleiman1:
The woman (Francesca James) said they visited initially, it was at block level, they stopped them, they did not answer and refuse to stop. They continued working.

Visiting again, they realised that the owners of the building have now raised the building up from block level. She said maybe the builders think that they were above the law....

This is one of the reasons why they were trying to bribe as they knew they had no case in court to stop any demolition.

what is wrong with land grabbers in Nigeria....wike will start his own by next year. They will warn them but they won't listen,it is the buyers that will suffer it.

nedekid:

Ok ohh. So the fact you know there is kleg, you then settle one so called official that could be posted out the next week, no receipt or approval, it then gives you the boldness to continue to pour your hard earned money into the property? That is being smart by half. The joke is on you.
Oyinbo calls it penny wise pound foolish. (pardon the quote, just a general reference and not to you personally).

Oga/ Madam.

I understand your point but I think you veered off the wrong direction.

Now, if you have gone through an approval process you might understand more.

I speak from experience in lagos state precisely.
I owned a property there once upon a time. (Location withheld).

When I acquired the property, I paid lawyer and surveyor and did the ground work etc. The thing was at the time, they said government charges xx amount of money to register land in this and that area. And I paid.

House was built on the land, I went through the same thing , paid for approval plus the envelope involved.

Now fast forward 5 years later after i sold the property, then house plus others in that area was demolished because of illegal structure because the new government had other plans for the area.

The person that purchased the house from me, even though it has been 5 years past.. I felt so bad for him.

No one ever told me the land was government land.. infact in the office when I questioned the large amount of money they are seeking to approve the building plan.. the oga brought files of others that have paid.. saying see I don't have to show you this but here you go.. this pesin that orsin have paid.. some even paid higher than they were demanding from me.

I went to some of those individuals back then and confirmed they paid so and so amount of money etc.

But nevertheless, those houses were all demolished even though they had a government approval. One of the things the government officials was saying at the time was ehn.. the government at the time have changed, the home owners should go and hold the government officials that signed off..

That got me thinking, isn't there continuity in government? So does it mean that if someone owed the past administration, the new administration will forgive those debts?

So this is where I draw my opinion from my own experience. If my land was a government land, why didn't the official tell me so instead of telling me I need to pay a higher approval fee because that's what government charges for lands and building approval in that axis, I was even provided with an official memo directing them to charge the said amount.

So the government has to do better by her citizens.

This is just wrong!!

GUNITGuy:

You didn't know this before ni
Try rent a shop amidst them in right here in the southwest of Alaba and you're hearing their language you go hear am ....

my brother i know it was this bad until i went to SE for my service, i wanted to redeploy when leaving camp because most people did including my friend but, i am some that love to explore and just wanted an experience outside my region

Initially i was posted to a local govt called mbaise but rumors i heard about people from that place expecially amongst fellow ibos from other part made me work my posting to owerri, it was then i start to realise this people dont even love themselve and they are very hostile and clannish...Omo immediately after my pop like this, i japa come back come lagos thats why sometimes i just laugh when they advise yorubas who have never been to SE to travel its a very hostile environment with no meaningful jobs, just hotels and olosho full there

jaxxy:

who is ekpa? I don't know him. na ur uncle?

Na the true husband of your mama be that.

almarthins:


Why do we have government in the first place ?

America would warn n ensure her citizen do not go to hotbed zones but Nigeria would let her citizen go without warning and wont even give a damn if they are trapped in war zones.

Here we are left to protect and defend ourselves with sticks and matchet. All those omoniles that sold the land would walk away Scot-free no punishments, and this people have location and address. No omonile has been punished for selling government owned land, the people who get punished are the victims of the illegal sale.

If you are stupid enough to buy land from Omonile without checking, that is your problem.