A video has emerged of residents of a highbrow estate weeping and left in shock as their buildings were demolished in the Ikota axis of Lagos state has surfaced online.
The video showed the Multibillion naira being pulled down as the owners scamper to remove their belongings from the buildings.
A young man is seen weeping and throwing tantrums as the taskforce agents moved with their caterpillar to destroy more buildings in the area.
The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in a chat with the residents said they were given enough time to evacuate the buildings but they refused.