On Wednesday, Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, asserted that numerous structures hindering the free flow of rainwater would be removed.
He said they would remove those structures “irrespective of who or highly placed the owners are.”
Following the devastating flood that submerged numerous homes, communities, and properties in Lagos, Wahab addressed the public.
Affected regions encompass Epe, Eredo, Bogije, Labora, Abijon, Sangotedo, Awoyaya, and Ibeju-Lekki.
The commissioner, however, unleashed his anger on a post on X (formerly Twitter) asking him to explain if “the Igbo-owned property and business demolition we witnessed in Lagos 2023, was all politically engineered?”
@PureStanley1 posted “Can we all now agree that the Igbo-owned property and business demolition we witnessed in Lagos 2023, was all politically engineered? and we were told that some of the buildings were built on canals, thereby blocking the flow of water and causing flooding in Lagos. @tokunbo_wahab can u explain to us why there was a flood in Lagos again yesterday and the early hours of today, after going on demolition spree on IGBOS owned properties?
“Take the microphone, sir, we await ur response!.”
But Wahab fired back and accused the X user of pushing ethnic narrative.
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“Many more structures obstructing the free flow of rain water in Lagos will still be removed irrespective of who or highly placed the owners are. Prepare your mind to make your usual aimless and empty noise. If turning it to ethnic narrative makes you happy, go ahead! TW,” he posted.
