There has been a mass eviction at the Police Barracks, Apapa, Lagos State, affecting hundreds of policemen and women and rendering their entire families homeless.
The eviction is as a result of the ongoing demolition of shanties at the barracks as was directed by the Police Commissioner in charge of the Port Authority Command, Sherifat Disu-Olajoku.
However, the most affected officers were those serving under the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko.
Police sources who spoke to this correspondent said that Disu gave 10 day-notice to the officers to move out of the barracks but before Manko could intervene and the deadline could expire, it was alleged that the affected officers with their families were evicted from the barracks.
A visit to the barracks on Monday, wives of the affected officers and their children were seen weeping while moving their properties out of the barracks in mini trucks.
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