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The Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, has stated that no building in the state can be removed without following due process.
Omotoso made the clarification while speaking to Punch. He was addressing claims made by the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on the demolition of his brother’s property in the Ikeja area of Lagos.
Obi alleged that a property belonging to his younger brother was demolished in Lagos without legal backing.
He claimed that the demolition was carried out by unidentified persons acting on a vague court judgment that did not mention his brother, the property, or contain any demolition order.
Reacting to the allegation, Omotoso explained that the state government follows due process when tearing down any structure.
The commissioner said, “We follow the law in Lagos State. No building can be removed without due process.”
He asked to find out from his colleagues about the demolition and get back to the aforementioned publication.
“Let me ask my colleagues and get back to you,” he said.
The Lagos State Building Control Agency and the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority denied involvement in the demolition.
When contacted on Wednesday, LABSCA spokesperson Adu Ademuyiwa said, “We are not the ones who demolished the house; it is not from us.”
LASPPPA’s spokesperson, Abimbola Edmin-Umeh, said she did not know about the demolition.
When contacted on Wednesday, LABSCA spokesperson Adu Ademuyiwa said, “We are not the ones who demolished the house; it is not from us.”
LASPPPA’s spokesperson, Abimbola Edmin-Umeh, said she did not know about the demolition.
“I don’t know. I didn’t follow them on enforcement, but we don’t demolish. So I cannot say. Those people who go on monitoring are not yet around. And if the person (Obi) who said it, can show us the paper – maybe contravention notices – to show us which agency it is, then maybe I’ll be able to look into it,” she added in a telephone interview.
According to her, several agencies could carry out demolition depending on the agency carrying out such enforcement, based on the type of contravention levied against the property.
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