A Group, Radical Agenda Movement In The Nigerian Bar Association has order Lagos Governor Sanwo-Olu To Withdraw Charges Against 28 Makoko residents.
The statement signed by the Chairperson Ayo Ademiluyi and the Adiodun Kolewole the secretary stated that,”We of the Movement for Justice expressly call on Governor Babajide Sanwo-OLU of Lagos State to order the Attorney General of Lagos State to withdraw trumped up charges preferred against 28 residents of Makoko within the next 24 hours or face mass protests.
“We can now confirm that 28 residents in all who were attby Police Officers attached to the Lagos State TASKFORCE managed by the Lagos State Government were arraigned on trumped up charges before the Mobile Court within the same TASKFORCE Premises and ordered to be remanded at Badagry and Kirikiri Prisons”the statement added.
The matter was summarily adjourned till 3rd October , 2025!
The Residents, acting under the auspices of Freedom in Makoko, Oko-Agbon, Sogunro and Iwaya (FREMOSI),who were getting ready to attend the 1st Lagos State Waterfront Summit at Eko Hotel were arrested by the officials of the same Lagos State Government!
We beg to ask : how sincere is the Lagos State Government about dialoguing with waterfront communities in Lagos State.
We view this latest clampdown as part of an orchestrated clampdown on residents of these communities, with looming evictions ranging from Oworonsoki to AJEGUNLE and now to Makoko , where it began from last year with eviction of Oko-baba Plank Mill community .
“We are aware that yesterday, officials of the Lagos State Government served a purported notice of eviction on the same Makoko Residents,the group queried
We hereby give notice that where the Governor of Lagos State refuses, fails and neglects to act accordingly within the next 24 hours , we will be left with no choice than to proceed on incessant protests until they are released.
