Nigeria: Hundreds forcibly evicted in Lagos, Nigeria

Index Number: AFR 44/002/2013
Date Published: 26 February 2013
Categories: Nigeria

At least 300 homes have been demolished and hundreds of residents have been left homeless as Lagos State officials carried out a forced eviction on 23 February in Badia East settlement in Lagos, Nigeria. Thousands more remain at risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes.