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Nigeria: Otodo Gbame - Court Restrains Lagos From Further Waterfront Communities Eviction
Vanguard, 22 June 2017
A Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere has stopped the Lagos State Government from further evicting settlers of several waterfront communities, in Lagos as it declared it… Read more »
Nigerian Court Rules Against Mass Evictions in Lagos
A Lagos High Court judge has ruled that the forcible eviction of tens of thousands of people from Otodo-Gbame in the city is unconstitutional. The judge said the rights of those evicted had been violated as there was no resettlement plan in place.
Amnesty International said a Lagos court had granted an interim injunction against demolitions in communities including Otodo Gbame.
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Nigeria: Court Orders Lagos Govt to Stop Further Demolition of Otodo Gbame
Premium Times, 21 June 2017
Justice Surajudeen Onigbanjo of the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, on Wednesday ordered the Lagos State government to refrain from carrying out further eviction of the settlers… Read more »
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Nigeria: Court Rules Against Mass Eviction in Lagos - Activists
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 21 June 2017
A series of brutal, government-ordered evictions that left more than 30,000 Nigerians homeless were deemed "unconstitutional" in a landmark decision by the Lagos High Court on… Read more »
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Thousands of people in Otodo-Gbame, Lagos state were left homeless after police stormed an informal fishing settlement and set fire to their homes, according to rights groups and ... Read more »
