Some police officers’ wives and other traders, who are owners of shops at the Police Officers Wives’ Association (POWA) Shopping Complex, Computer Village, Ikeja, have protested against a planned demolition of the complex.
They carried out a peaceful protest, yesterday, in Ikeja after the complex was allegedly sealed by the state government to pave way for the demolition.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the officers’ wives and traders had earlier raised the alarm over alleged plan by a group of persons parading themselves as policemen and using the name of the wife of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Elizabeth Egbetokun, to demolish the complex.
The immediate past Chairman of the complex, Tobechuwku Maxwell, who expressed sadness over the proposed demolition, urged
Egbetokun’s wife, who is the POWA President, to intervene and disallow the impostors from carrying out their sinister motive.
He also appealed to the IGP to use his good offices to put a stop to the demolition and fish out those behind the illegality for prosecution.
The current Chairman of Computer Dealers Association, Tayo Shittu, said some people were hiding under the guise of being sent by IGP’s wife to demolish the complex.
