Lagos State demolishes part of Makoko
State authorities cleared a section of the stilt settlement on Lagos Lagoon, displacing thousands of residents after a short notice period. It established the pattern that recurred in 2025–2026: absence of recorded tenure, not the condition of the housing, is what makes a settlement removable.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Makoko · site · Nigeria
- Land tenure security · phenomenon · Global · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Reporting on the 2025–2026 Makoko demolitions
Supports the account of demolitions at Makoko from late December 2025, the removal of more than three thousand structures, UN-attributed displacement figures above forty thousand, the Lagos State government's stated power-line rationale, residents' contrary account, and the Lagos State House of Assembly halting the operation in February 2026. V55 verification basis: contemporaneous journalism, retrieved in summary; no UN or state government document was retrieved, and the population and displacement figures remain disputed.
Al Jazeera; Channels Television; Bloomberg · 2026-02 · Partly verified
Al Jazeera, "'Colonial-era classism': Residents decry demolitions in Nigeria's Makoko" (12 February 2026); Channels Television and Bloomberg reporting, January 2026
Recorded on Makoko
- Lagos State demolishes part of Makoko
- Makoko is cleared again, and the legislature stops it
Related
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