Adebayo Adenrele
The President of South West Professional Forum, (SOWPROF), Chief Segun Ajibulu has said that majority of illegal structures demolished in Lagos are owned by Yoruba people.
The President stated this in a statement signed and made available to journalists by the group’s assistant general secretary, Lateef Kayode.
SOWPROF, which was established in 2012 as a coalition of South West based professional groups, dismissed insinuations that the demolition was targeting a particular group.
“We need to set the records straight. We have done diligent checks. We have a compilation of all the victims of the demolition of illegal structures in Lagos. We have done extensive compilation of the victims and the issues involved. Some 80 percent of the victims of the demolished of illegal buildings in Lagos are from the South West area”
The group said it is a pity that ethnic politics is being introduced to the attempts by the Lagos State Government to deal with serious environmental hazards that have led to flooding, deaths and that even threaten the collective future of the people of the State.
The President urged the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu not to be deterred by parochial critiques introducing ethnic politics into a purely environmental issue.
