The people of Makoko woke up to a grime action and happening in their
community this morning. As ordered by the State government, demolition of the
structures on the waterfront of Makoko started on Monday 16th July, 2012 and
Egun people who are the affected people by the exercise have been unexpectedly
corporative ever since its commencement. Majority of them have willing
dismantled their respective structures.
At about 10:30 a.m today, Saturday 21st July, It was reported that some
members of the Nigerian Police Force invaded Makoko Waterfront and started
shooting at the residents
A man who does not want his identity to be known said he was at the scene of
the incident and told me that the man identified as Pastor Timothy Aziponna was
not in any way in argument or contest with the Marine Force who shot him. He
attested that Pastor Timothy was sitting in his canoe when one of the State
Marine police shot him in his stomach and he died immediately with his
intestine in the open.
After much hassle by the people at the scene, the Marine force arrested
three egun men and put them in their boat with Pastor Timothy’s corpse to Oworo
Police Station and then to the Lagos State Teaching Hospital where he was
confirmed dead. The corpse is now in the mortuary at the State Teaching
hospital.
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