Lagos Makoko demolitions spark displacement and gentrification fears
TL;DR
Demolitions and torching of shanties in Makoko, Lagos’s largest informal waterfront settlement, have displaced more than 10,000 residents and destroyed thousands of homes. Officials say removals are to curb safety risks from high-voltage lines, but critics accuse the move of land-grabbing to pave the way for upscale development, with protests, tear-gas clashes, and reports of deaths and lost livelihoods.
- Makoko demolitions: Shanties in Lagos Lagoon in Nigeria bulldozed and burnt BBC
- Decades of memories swept away: Thousands lose homes as 'Venice of Nigeria' is demolished Reuters
- Mass evictions in Lagos displace thousands including baby twins now living in a canoe AP News
- Makoko demolition: Lagos Assembly to meet community leaders Tuesday Punch Newspapers
- Nigeria Mass Evictions The Argus-Press
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