{"id":10360,"date":"2026-01-22T10:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=10360"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:22:36","slug":"im-tired-exhausted-igbokwe-laments-continuous-demolition-of-igbo-properties-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/01\/22\/im-tired-exhausted-igbokwe-laments-continuous-demolition-of-igbo-properties-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m tired, exhausted \u2013 Igbokwe laments continuous demolition of Igbo properties in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has lamented the continuous destruction of properties belonging to Ndigbo residing in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his official Facebook page, Igbokwe said he has received numerous calls from fellow Igbo on how their houses are being demolished by officials of the state government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of Igbo in Lagos have called me hours on end to complain of losing their houses. I am besieged everyday on this matter\u201d, Igbokwe said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-18\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-_bound=\"1\" data-_defined=\"1\" data-google-query-id=\"CLXusN_1npIDFaaDUAYdzYYd7Q\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_InsidePost_MPU_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to him, Igbos are a strong force in the growth of Lagos, stating that \u201chaving been in Lagos for over 40 years, I know their humongous investment of Igbo in Lagos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am besieged. I am tired. I am exhausted. I am choked up. I am diminished. I am weak. I am under pressure everyday. I want a solution to this serious matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want bridges for understanding. I want bridges for mutual relationships. I want peaceful peace in Lagos. I want a new deal with Igbo and the Yorubas in Lagos\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The APC chieftain appealed to the state governor Babjide San-wolu to \u201clook into the matter and find an amicable solution to the problem\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-bot\" class=\"left\">\n<div id=\"mvp-prev-next-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-post-wrap left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-next-cont left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-cont-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-cont-in\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-next-text left relative\"><span class=\"mvp-prev-next-label left relative\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-next-text left relative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mvp-cont-read-wrap\">\n<div id=\"mvp-related-posts\" class=\"left relative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has lamented the continuous destruction of properties belonging to Ndigbo residing in Lagos State. In a post on his official Facebook page, Igbokwe said&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10362,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10360\/revisions\/10362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}