The Whole Of Ikoyi Was Sandfield All The Way To Falomo, We Don’t Have That History Documented -George

According to a report by Daily Post on Friday, July 17, 2026, Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has said that the indiscriminate and profit-driven sand-filling operations on the Lagos Lagoon are to blame for the repeated flooding that has hit several areas of Lagos State.

He made the comments while discussing the impact of massive land reclamation on the state’s ecosystem in a Facebook chat with real estate specialist Femi Rogers that went live on Thursday.

Ikoyi and Lekki, in example, were formerly encircled by water before massive reclamation efforts altered the terrain, as George described. Today, these districts are home to residential and commercial constructions.

He insisted that the environmental effects of changing the landscape are showing up more and more in the form of recurrent flooding in various sections of the state.

He said that the natural water channels that could once carry floodwaters freely have been interrupted by the extensive reclamation of land surrounding the Lagos Lagoon.

He claims that these changes are a major reason why towns are having so much trouble with floods, particularly during times of severe rain.

The push to develop more land, according to the former PDP deputy national chairman, is driven by short-term profits rather than concern for the environment.

Those decisions, he emphasised, are now having an impact on locals as floods persist in places that were formerly shielded by nearby bodies of water.

George was also worried that there weren’t enough historical records to show how the coastline of Lagos changed over time.

It is difficult for younger generations to completely grasp how the environment changed over the years, he said, because many of the changes that affected communities like Ikoyi and Lekki have not been well documented in official documents.

He elaborated by saying that the public is unaware of how much land reclamation has changed the state’s topography because there isn’t enough evidence.

He believes that in order to plan for the future and understand the sources of current environmental problems, it is crucial to keep reliable records of significant environmental changes.

“The whole of Ikoyi was sandfield all the way to Falomo. We don’t have that history documented. Even I struggle to remember because I’ve never really read about all these things. We don’t have proper documentation of what happened,” he said……See More