Lagos Denies Involvement in POWA Shopping Complex Demolition

The Lagos State Government has denied any involvement in the demolition of the Police Officers Wives Association shopping complex at Computer Village in Ikeja.

In a statement on Sunday, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said, “The structure is owned by POWA, which ordered its demolition.”

He accused unnamed “opportunistic ethnic chauvinists” of spreading “fake news that Lagos State Government is demolishing Computer Village.”

“Those circulating the fake news are opportunistic ethnic chauvinists who will always relish in vacuous propaganda that can fuel their fiendish mission; they will always fail in dividing Lagosians,” Omotoso declared.

The demolition of the POWA building in the bustling technology marketplace of Computer Village sparked controversy.

The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Saturday that the NPF had been inundated with inquiries concerning the planned demolition of the POWA Shopping Complex in Ikeja.

Adejobi noted that the decision “is to enable the Force to commence immediate construction of a modern shopping complex on the same land.”

According to Adejobi, the decision to demolish and reconstruct the complex was “predicated on the fact that professional opinion indicates that the structure as it is constitutes a looming environmental hazard.”

The FPRO added that the “site is prone to flooding and may be susceptible to sudden collapse, hence the need for immediate landscaping and reconstruction.”

However, addressing the issue, Omotoso noted that “Lagos State Government has nothing to do with the demolition at Computer Village in Ikeja,” as “the structure is owned by POWA, which ordered its demolition.”