Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, former candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 Lagos State governorship election, and activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju have condemned the alleged illegal demolition of a company belonging to a younger brother of former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi.
DAILY POST reports that the company property was pulled down by the Lagos State Government in the Ikeja area of the state.
Obi, the LP candidate during the 2023 presidential election, had in a statement on Tuesday lamented the unlawful demolition of his brother’s property.
Reacting, Gbadebo, in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday, said he was “deeply saddened by this level of lawlessness and recklessness, a notorious pattern of irresponsibility that has now been normalized by the parasitic culture of the ruling party.”
According to him, data at both the state and national levels show the “steep price the Nigerian people have had to pay for the APC’s reckless disregard for the rule of law and due process. The cost has been an exit of multinationals and a drought in the inflow of foreign direct investments.
“The consequence has been job losses and one of the highest poverty rates in the world.
“Lagos must be a state that values property rights and adheres strictly to the rule of law. Unfortunately, the state is being governed by juvenile and myopic politicians who are preoccupied with only that which they can extract from the system.
“It’s a total shame and this recklessness should stand condemned by all.
#OurLagos”
On his part, Deji Adeyanju questioned why the property was brought down without allowing the owner to remove his belongings.
He wrote on his Facebook page: “Where are we heading in this country? Why was Peter Obi’s brother’s property demolished in Lagos?
“And he was not allowed to remove his property. What kind of politics is this, for God’s sake?”
