The Landlords and residents of Agbado-Okearo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State have appealed to the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun to stop an alleged attempt by the Lagos State Water Corporation to demolish over 400 houses in the area.
It was learnt that The Chairman of the Agbado-Okearo Community Development Association, Samson Abegunde, made the appeal in a statement delivered to the PRESS men on Sunday and urged Governor Abiodun to prevail on his Lagos State counterpart, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to order the LSWC to stop further demolition of houses in the area.
Abegunde said houses numbering about 400 had been marked for demolition to pave the way for pipelines that the LSWC plans to lay in the area through to Lagos State.
According to him, most of the landlords have been living in the area since 1972 without any problem.
He said, “We implore the State Government to come to their aide and stop the proposed demolition.
“The community has been in existence since after the civil war, while the water corporation was established in 1986.
“Also, most landlords in the community have the necessary documents, including approved plans by the Ogun State Government.”
Abegunde said the last time the corporation embarked on laying of water pipes many landlords died without getting compensation.
He advised that the LSWC could lay the pipelines behind the waterworks in the area as an alternative route to Lagos.
Abegunde also appealed to the corporation to use the pig farm in the Oke-Aro area as an alternative route to Lagos.