Residents of Citiview Estate in the Warewa area of Ogun State have protested against the refusal of the developer, Propertymart Real Estate Investment Limited, to address the problems in the estate and give some of them title documents to their dwelling units.
The residents said the developer had refused to fix the damaged infrastructure in the estate despite several letters notifying it of the condition of the estate.
The homeowners, under the aegis of the Citiview Residents’ Association, during a peaceful protest at the developer’s office in the Magodo Phase II area of Lagos, on Thursday, noted that flood had damaged the entrance to the estate, making it extremely difficult for them to drive in and out.
According to the residents, it would have been impossible to access the estate if not for their efforts to raise funds to purchase granite and boulders to fill the widening pothole in which a pool of water had formed and was blocking the entrance.
They also complained of other life-threatening problems, including floodwater mixed with human waste, which had contaminated the water in the estate; poor drainage system, defective buildings and infrastructure, adding that many of the residents had yet to get the title documents on their property.
The Vice-Chairman of the association, Aderemi Lateef, who spoke on behalf of the residents, noted that they decided to embark on the peaceful protest after previous deliberations with the developer failed to yield the desired results.
The residents, who held a meeting with the management of the firm after the protest, accused it of intimidating them with the Department of State Services’ operatives.
However, the solicitor to the firm, Taiwo Adedeji, said Propertymart was working on the demands of the protesters, adding that the firm did not invite the DSS to intimidate the residents.
Speaking on the DSS involvement, Adedeji said the operatives did not come on the firm’s request, but that they were invited by concerned residents of Magodo Phase II, who saw the protesters with placards. Punch
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