Ibadan residents, property owners protest govt demolition plans
No fewer than 1,000 residents and owners of structures marked for demolition marked for demolition due to the Ibadan Circular Road (ICR) project on Sunday, staged a peaceful protest to call the attention of the government to their plight.
The protesters including women and children took to the highway with placards and leaves crying and urging the government to stay in action on the proposed 500-meter corridor to be acquired.
It would be recalled that the state government had last week Tuesday begun the demolition of houses with the ICR corridor.
About 500 structures including, residential houses, churches, and mosques, among others have been demolished with over 1,000 additional properties already marked for demolition within Ona Ara and Oluyole local government areas.
In all, about 12 villages and communities are to be affected by the demolition exercise.
The affected communities are Fashade, Aba Osho, Igbalefa, Adigbe, and Badeku.
Others are Akamo, Alase, Ojoku, Dare, Isase, Oleke Meji as well as Ogido with the two council areas.
The inscription on the placards read “Governor Seyi Makinde, please come to our aid”, “No more Circular corridor”, “Mr Governor don’t kill us”, “Circular Road Corridor is a massacre”, “No more 150metres set back”, “Let’s have peace of mind”, “Ijoba ewo wa laanu se”.
