Magodo residents protest planned demolition, continuous police presence
Following the continuous presence of over 50 armed policemen in the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of Lagos State, the estate management has ordered a closure of the estate gates in protest against the planned demolition of property in the estate. The policemen were said to have recently accompanied suspected land grabbers and members of a family who invaded the estate to claim possession of property. During the invasion, the group used red, brown and blue inks to inscribe ‘ID/795/88 Possession Taken Today 21/12/21 by Court Order,’ on various properties on the estate. The suspected family were said to have led the group and armed policemen to the estate to execute a Supreme Court judgement. The group were about to invade the estate with a bulldozer when the estate management ordered a closure of the gate. It was learnt that it took the intervention of the Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu before the gates were reopened as the Inspector-General of Police, Baba Usman, promised to withdraw the pol