Nigeria's Capital City Residents Fight Demolition

Author:
TV2 Africa
Publisher:
TV2 Africa
Publication Date:
24 April 2013
Tags:
Legal and Judicial Affairs, Nigeria, Urban Issues and Habitation

Most Nigerians living in the capital, Abuja, live in makeshift towns that are regularly demolished as the capital expands. VOA's Heather Murdock reports on how the residents of one town are fighting in court to keep their homes.

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