[News] Banana Island belonged to my father until the government took it away from him – Nigerian-American man claims

A Nigerian-American man, Remi Adeleke, has alleged that popular highbrow residential area in Lagos state, Banana Island, belonged to his father until the Nigerian government “stole” it from him.

 

 

Remi who is now a filmmaker in the US made this claim while celebrating the US Independence day.

 

In his Twitter thread, Remi said his dad left Nigeria in his late teens to study in the UK. He said that after completing his education which included a Masters, his father moved to Nigeria where he hoped to use his expertise and wealth of experience to create a ‘World Trade Center/African Wall Street’. He stated that he lived a good life until 1987 when the Nigerian government ‘illegally took possession of his father’s assets’ including his man-made Island which he said is now known as ‘’Banana Island”.

 

He disclosed that his father msyteriously died while fighting to recover his properties. Remi said his family went from being wealthy to poor and that his mum had to move he and his brother to the U.S. where they got better education and opportunities for a better life.

 

Read his thread below…