Echoes Of Maroko As Lagos PDP Candidate, Jandor Vows To Revisit Past Evictions

Echoes of the forced eviction of millions of Lagosians from Maroko and other lands appropriated by past governments were reverberating at the weekend after the Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), said his administration would review all forced evictions in the state, if elected in 2023 general elections.

Adediran said this at an interactive meeting with various stakeholders, PDP leaders and members in Wards J and K in Eti-Osa Local Government Area during his campaign tour of the council.

Adediran, who was joined in the campaign by the party’s House of Representatives Candidate for Eti-Osa constituency, Mr Bankole Wellington (popularly called Bank W), pledged to prioritise the masses’ interest in policies and programmes.

Adediran promised that his administration would review demolition of landed property across Lagos by previous administrations, if elected.

He alleged that several forced evictions across Lagos did not culminate into development capable of benefiting the people, though he didn’t disclose if that included the Maroko incident in 1990.

“I am going to protect this community as governor. I have said that all the land that have been collected illegally, in the name of personal use in the state, would be collected back and given to owners.

“I would take the land back and give them back to the people when I become governor. It is either we want to continue with them or we want things to change.

“If elected, I would take back those lands. I would build general hospitals and other infrastructure you need.

“Our administration would have the fear of God, and our policies would be people-friendly,” Adediran said.

He urged the people to work to deliver the party’s candidates in the 2023 polls.

GWG.ng reports that the military administration in 1990 forcefully demolished lands in the Maroko area of Lagos leading to one of the most notable evictions of thousands of people. The area was subsequently refilled and reallocated and renamed Victoria Island extension.

Adediran promised to set up an empowerment scheme for women and youths in the state to fight unemployment and poverty.

He promised to ensure free and compulsory education with free school uniforms.

“All tailors in Lagos state, this will be your government. It is the local tailors that will do it in their constituency; so that we can put money in your pockets.

“We would serve Lagos with fear of God. The only reason why I am in Lagos governorship race is because of people’s welfare,” he said.

Similarly, in another interactive meeting with non-Yoruba speaking indigenes in Ajah, Adediran noted that his administration would serve all residents of the state, irrespective of tribe.

He pledged to end the excesses of members of the various transport unions in the state.

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