Two week-old landlord loses house to demolition

The joy of a 65 year-old landlord was cut short yesterday when a building he bought two weeks ago was demolished to make way for the construction of drainage in Benin City.

The man, who declined to reveal his identity, said he bought the four bedroom flat for N3m two weeks ago. His house was among the several homes demolished in the exercise recently embarked upon by Edo State government, in order to bring a lasting solution to the perennial problem of erosion in Benin City.
The demolition exercise, which began yesterday, started on the Upper Lawani axis of the Benin moat where a storey building and other houses allegedly built on the moat were pulled down.
Some of the residents whose buildings were marked for demolition were seen packing out of the houses yesterday. Chairman of the Task Force, Lawrence Loye disclosed that the state government plans to use the moat as water drainage and tourist attraction.
“Benin City moat is a complete circle and there are other feeder moats. We want to recover them. The moat was built hundreds of years back. It was supposed to be a natural heritage site,” he said.

According to Mr Loye, the people have failed to follow the law.

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Posted: at 21-07-2011 11:26 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Make i help the man cry  :'( :'( :'( :'(

Posted: at 21-07-2011 01:17 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

In whatever they plan to do or are already doing, they need to always have the masses in mind. I hope they're finding these people some form of alternative or giving them financial support in finding another place to live.

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Posted: at 21-07-2011 02:42 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

i m sure .who sold the house for the buyer knws that they want to pull the house down b4 he sold it. 

Posted: at 22-07-2011 06:32 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming