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Abonemma wharf to be demolished in May 2010
After a lull, the State Commissioner for Works has told local media that it will resume demolitions in one of the nineteen waterfronts - Abonemma Wharf - in May.
The fundamental issues have not changed. While compensation has been offered to some landlords the demolitions will displace thousands immediately and many more if the demolitions spread to other areas of Port Harcourt as planned.
The present announcements seem to ignore existing court cases showing the Rivers State Government's disregard for the law.
There is still a pressing need for actors engaged with the Rivers State Government to remind them that they cannot claim to be stabilising their state at the same time that they are planning mass displacements.
>> Court adjuorned to May 20th in the okrika vs rivers state government demolition case
>> Killings in Bundu-Ama Community as residents resist demolitions
>> Read news reports on the displacements and demolitions collated in the SDN Newsroom
>> Video documenting the forced evictions in Njemanze community in September/October
