{"id":150412,"date":"2025-02-15T11:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T10:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/group-condemns-demolition-of-igbo-properties-by-lagos-agents-seeks-un-ecowas-intervention"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:14:35","slug":"group-condemns-demolition-of-igbo-properties-by-lagos-agents-seeks-un-ecowas-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/group-condemns-demolition-of-igbo-properties-by-lagos-agents-seeks-un-ecowas-intervention","title":{"rendered":"Group condemns demolition of Igbo properties by Lagos Agents, seeks UN, ECOWAS intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Association of Igbo Town Unions, ASITU, has condemned in the strongest terms the alleged ongoing, systematic demolition of lawfully acquired properties belonging to Igbo people in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>The demolition of trading plazas belonging to Igbo businessmen at Ebute Ero Market in Lagos on Friday, February 14, 2025, by agents of the Lagos State Government amounts to a calculated expropriation of the people from their legitimate businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Saturday by Chief Emeka Diwe, National President of ASITU, and made available to DAILY POST, described the demolition as an assault on justice, equality, and the fundamental principles of property rights.<\/p>\n<p>Diwe said despite repeated appeals for fairness and adherence to the rule of law, the Lagos State Government has continued its brazen campaign of selective demolition, disproportionately targeting Igbo-owned properties under various pretexts.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cIt must be noted that these buildings and businesses complexes being demolished were never illegally built. They all came into being through the authorization of this same government masterminding their destruction today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis anti-Igbo brigandage in Lagos is totally unacceptable and cannot be tolerated anymore, because it is reminiscent of the litany of injustices which our people have had to historically endure in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the failure of domestic institutions in Nigeria to address these grievances and rein in on the ravages levied against our hardworking patriots in Lagos, ASITU has formally petitioned the following international bodies to intervene and hold the Lagos State Government accountable for these atrocious acts:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United Nations Human Rights Council, UNHRC \u2013 To investigate Lagos State\u2019s actions as a violation of fundamental human rights, including the right to property, non-discrimination, and freedom from targeted dispossession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights, ACHPR \u2013 to bring Nigeria to account under the African Charter on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights, which guarantees the protection of property rights for all citizens without bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ECOWAS Court of Justice \u2013 to seek legal redress for affected individuals whose rights have been violated in contravention of regional human rights standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmnesty International and Human Rights Watch \u2013 to document these abuses and amplify the plight of the Igbo people facing targeted property destruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just a legal battle\u2014it is a fight for justice, dignity, and equal citizenship in a country that belongs to all Nigerians. We demand an immediate end to these discriminatory actions and full accountability from those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cASITU, in view of the foregoing, reiterates its call on Ndigbo in the diaspora to embrace the Aku Ruo Ulo investment initiative, which aims at the gradual, seamless and steady repatriation of a portion of their investments to Igboland, so as to unleash the potential of our land and make it the oasis of prosperity in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is watching. The international community will not stand by while an ethnic group is systematically dispossessed under the guise of governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Association of Igbo Town Unions, ASITU, has condemned in the strongest terms the alleged ongoing, systematic demolition of lawfully acquired properties belonging to Igbo people in Lagos State. 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