Lagos Government Gives Reason For Demolishing 13 Buildings At Ajao Estate

Lagos State Government has explained that the demolition of the 13 residential building located at Rockview Street, Ajao Estate was due to illegal occupation, construction along pipeline and cited in close proximity to the Murtala International Airport.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that this was disclosed by the General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) Gbolahan Oki, during a press briefing on Friday April 28, 2023.

Oki stated that the buildings did not have the required approvals and were cited around Airport restricted areas while some are cited on aviation fuel pipelines.

“Nobody in his right thinking mind will go and buy a plot on a pipeline and build on the pipeline.”

“The builders also lacked the necessary documents as approvals for construction in that area,” he explained.

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He described the situation as a disaster waiting to happen, expressed fear of a possible fire outbreak from the pipeline in future which he said could result in loss of lives and properties.

Speaking further, he noted that the buildings were illegally constructed out of clear disregard for the requirements of extant laws.

He stated that due consultations and communications have been made with enough time off over eight years, 2016, given to the occupants of the affected buildings to evacuate the structures.

Oki lamented over the spate of building collapse in Lagos, blaming it on basically, ‘attitudinal problem.’

He described the buildings on the land as a “National risk” to the airport being ‘extremely close’, stressing that ‘no life of a Nigerian is worth being lost to the dangers that the citing of the buildings pose.’