The Lagos State Government has issued a 24-hour eviction notice to all traders operating in the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) shopping complex located in Computer Village, Ikeja.
The quit notice has been pasted on shops at the complex by the Lagos task force.
The government is said to have issued the quit notice because the POWA Phase I and II had become dilapidated, defaced, and distressed.
The traders claim that the demolition plan was proposed by Achieving Greatness Limited to the National President of POWA and the National Market Leader.
The affected traders told journalists that there was a court order stopping the planned demolition.
“We might stage a peaceful protest to register their displeasure,” one of them said.
Some traders at the shopping complex on December 20, protested against the move by the government to demolish the complex.
Occupants alleged that the wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Elizabeth Egbetokun, purportedly gave the directive for the demolition of the property.