VIDEO: IGBOS are currently fleeing Alaba International Market over threat of demolition of their properties

IGBOS are currently fleeing Alaba International Market over threat of demolition of their properties.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the enforcement team of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and the Lagos State Task Force embarked on the joint exercise.

The team which went round to re-seal several buildings that had been marked with previous multiple quit seal notices by LASBCA, said the measure was to prevent disaster.

Mr Oki said the affected buildings had been marked for demolition many times since 2016 but the occupants disregarded the notices.

He said that his visit was to issue final warnings and vacation notices to occupants of the buildings marked for demolition. They advised occupants on the need to move out of the structurally defective buildings which they said had become too dangerous for habitation.

A NAN correspondent on the delegation observed that some of the buildings undergoing reconstruction were tilted.

Conducting journalists round, the enforcement director pointed out some storey buildings that were already sinking but being extended with additional floors.

Gbolahan Oki, general manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), announced the planned demolition during an assessment visit to the market on Friday.

This is contained in a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Adetayo Akitoye- Asagba.

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