BREAKING: Over 3000 Lagos Community Residents In Distress, Rendered Homeless As Government Officials, Policemen Demolish, Set Fire To Buildings

Residents of Ayetoro assemblage successful the Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State person raised the alarm implicit the alleged demolition of their buildings by the Lagos State authorities officials, particularly the Task Force and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).
The demolition, which reportedly took spot connected Monday without anterior notice, has near thousands of families stateless and successful distress, SaharaReporters learnt.
One of the residents, Ajimuda Gbenga, told SaharaReporters connected Tuesday that immoderate policemen and LASEMA officials came and demolished their building.
Samuel Adebayo, a typical of the community, told SaharaReporters that helium had spoken to respective notable radical astir the incidental but helium was not definite who could travel to their assistance arsenic soon arsenic possible.
According to him, "This is simply a substance of urgency, and I spot SaharaReporters to bring attraction to specified issues.
"Our assemblage existed agelong earlier the Oko-Baba Plant Market. However, owed to the enlargement of the works market, determination has been tension. Ayetoro, a neighbouring community, shares a bound with the works market.
"What is happening present is disturbing; the demolition began successful the market, astir 2 kilometers distant from our community. I witnessed them utilizing bulldozers to demolish houses. In areas they couldn’t reach, they resorted to mounting homes connected fire, leaving children and their mothers without shelter.
He said they extended the demolition towards the extremity of the works market, crossing into their community.
"The bound betwixt the works marketplace and our assemblage has been breached, and they are present mounting homes successful Ayetoro connected fire. Over 3,000 residents are affected.
"We received accusation from 1 of their agents, who told america that the government’s directive was to demolish the community’s buildings. I cannot recognize wherefore the works market's enlargement is present affecting the assemblage and its residents.
Adebayo explained that they person destroyed houses successful the bosom of their community, and adjacent acceptable immoderate buildings ablaze.
According to him, "This enactment of inhumanity is unacceptable."
"The lone mode guardant is to guarantee the information of everyone, and that’s wherefore we are calling connected SaharaReporters to assistance amplify our voices. The concern is dire, and they are deliberately mounting occurrence to people's homes. We cannot beryllium backmost and watch.
When asked who is liable for the demolitions, said, "I was told LASEMA and the authorities authorities are involved."
When SaharaReporters contacted the Director-General of LASEMA, Dr. Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, helium said, "How tin an bureau curse to support the information of radical beryllium truthful reckless?"
He said, “How tin they acceptable people’s properties connected fire?
"As a aesculapian doc trained to prevention lives, I find it unimaginable that specified an enactment could occur, I person dedicated astir 30 years to protecting radical and redeeming lives. How could we present beryllium accused of mounting homes connected fire? Think astir it.” 
OluFemi Oke-Osanyintolu explained that the allegation was “painful and unjust.” 
He reiterated that LASEMA does not prosecute successful demolitions, helium said they are a rescue agency, not a demolition crew.
"Every enactment LASEMA conducts is transparent, with the property ever informed, from the infinitesimal an incidental happens, we merchandise a preliminary report, and aft the concern is resolved, a confirmatory study follows.” 
OluFemi Oke-Osanyintolu added that it is simply a barbaric and baseless thought to suggest that the bureau is progressive successful the demolitions. 
Efforts to get a effect from the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, were unsuccessful arsenic helium did not reply calls nor respond to messages.