Inhabitants of the DANA crash site of Sunday at Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State have decried their forceful evacuation from their residential buildings by government’s security operatives without commensurate relief.
Following the DANA air mishap on Sunday, the Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency [LASEMA], announced that it would provide a relief center for the inhabitants of the affected houses while a controlled demolition of the weakened buildings lasted.
The Managing Director of LASEMA, Dr. Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who visited the crash site at Popoola Street on Tuesday, disclosed that 36 people were displaced by the crash, and that they had been moved to Agbowa and Igando areas of the State.
However, the relocated persons returned to their homes today with horrible ‘relief’ stories. SaharaReporters learned that the relocation gesture by LASEMA had only worsened matters for them, as the promised ‘relief center’ turned out to be a mother-less babies’ home in Ayobo-Ipaja which was described by one of them as ‘Government Rejected Area . To compound matters, the ejected Popoola Street inhabitants returned to find that their homes had been burgled.
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