Traders Angry As Police Demolish Computer Village POWA Complex
Traders at the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping Complex in the Computer Village, Ikeja area of Lagos counted their losses following the demolition of the complex on Sunday. It was gathered that the demolition took place in the early hours of Sunday with armed security operatives supervising the operation. The Chairman of, Computer Dealer Association, in Computer Village, Tayo Shittu, said the demolition began around 12 am. Shittu said, “Around 12 am, I was called that about 300 policemen had stormed our plaza with up to three bulldozers that they were bringing down our plaza. The whole plaza, Phase 1 and 2, has been brought down. We are talking of about 300 shops, more than 1000 occupants. In some shops, we have two, three or five people. “We are not feeling good at all. A lot of our members have traveled for the Christmas holidays. If at all it was supposed to happen, there must be a roundtable discussion. They just came suddenly and brought everything down.”