The governor declared he would demolish our communities. We came out in protest. He sent in the police and bulldozers. 12 people detained; over 2000 people made homeless; 58,000 at risk. #ElechiWaterfront #PortHarcourt: #PeopleLiveHere #EndForcedEvictions

DAY 4 of ongoing demolitions in Diobu, #PortHarcourt. As of yesterday, 3 communities razed. Today, thousands more lost their homes. We'll be posting regular updates. #PeopleLiveHere #EndForcedEvictions #ElechiWaterfront

Yesterday, the community next to Mary was destroyed. The day before, the community next to that was razed. The day before, the same. In the next day or two, Mary's home will be destroyed. Tell Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to #EndForcedEvictionsNow #PortHarcourt, Nigeria. #HousingIsAHumanRight

DAY 5: another neighbourhood in Diobu, #PortHarcourt, is bulldozed as people scramble out with what they can carry. Further forced evictions expected tomorrow. This is #NotANaturalDisaster, but it is a human disaster.

Today, Martha packed up her room, with her mother and her child and left her home to the bulldozers. Martha lost her home, not her voice. Read her story here: ⚡️ chicoco.fm/reading-in-the… ⚡️

This is #NotANaturalDisaster: over 5000 displaced; the area of 5 city blocks flattened as bulldozers advance with the force of a tsunami. Unlike a tsunami, the governor can halt the bulldozers. Tell Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to #EndForcedEvictionsNow #PortHarcourt, as of 11am 01.02.22

This has been one of the hardest stories our crew has covered: the demolition of our own communities. Every day, the bulldozers have taken more ground. Almost all of #DiobuWaterfront has now been erased. Tell Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to #EndForcedEvictionsNow. #PortHarcourt #PeopleLiveHere

Day 6: the scale of destruction is hard to take in from the ground. Almost every community along this edge of town has been reduced to rubble. Some were as old as the city. The bulldozers have stopped for today - waiting for their orders. #EndForcedEvictions #PeopleLiveHere

Elizabeth’s mother built a house. Fire burnt it down. Elizabeth rebuilt it. The governor sent in bulldozers. Nothing you see here exists anymore. Apart from the people. The people remain. #EndForcedEvictionsNow #PortHarcourt #Nigeria Amnesty International Nigeria WITNESS Africa

10 communities destroyed in 6 days: families generations deep; local histories decades deep - gone. They had names: Elechi; Urualla; Ojike; Akwuzu; Afikpo; Abba; Akowka; Nanka; Egede; Soku. Now a scar deep across the city's heart. Tell Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to #EndForcedEvictionsNow

30.06.20 The governor's Task Force storms Yam Zone. Protests break out. Was a man killed? 29.01.22 The governor orders demolition of Diobu waterfronts. A woman dies. Listen:⚡️chicoco.fm/the-yam-zone-a…⚡️ Fathia investigates the real violence of policies aimed at the city's poor.

We are identifying the footprint of every home, school, shop, church, townhall, public toilet, workshop, bar and shed that the governor ordered bulldozed. The law was also bulldozed. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, we are collecting evidence. #PeopleLiveHere #ForcedEvictionsAreIllegal #MapJustice

'Joy' arrived home to find she no longer had one. Left to salvage what the bulldozers didn't crush, some residents are forced to sleep in the rubble, on mats, on broken doors, in the ruins of their former homes. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, we are collecting evidence. #ForcedEvictionsAreIllegal

'This is where my house was. I found it because I spotted my daughter's shoe. Only one of her shoes.' Up to 22,000 people were displaced in 6 days in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt. Tell Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to #EndForcedEvictionsNow Amnesty International Nigeria WITNESS The Shift

An accelerating pandemic. Violent police impunity. Sex-workers struggle to make a living. chicoco.fm/sex-work-pande… On #InternationalWomensDay we remember the most vulnerable women around the world, who continue to face marginalisation and gender-based violence. #IWD2022 ♀️

#ChicocoRadio crew sharing and learning with human rights defenders from across Nigeria. We've been covering massive #ForcedEvictions in #PortHarcourt. Tune in here: ⚡️ chicoco.fm ⚡️ Thanks for your support WITNESS Africa

''You, Squat-to-Pee, you can’t do it!'… But now the Squat-to-Pee bosses over the Buffon! I can do it!' Happy #InternationalWomensDay2022! ♀️ chicoco.fm/squat-to-pee

What do you do a week after your home and your possessions are destroyed by a bulldozer? What do you do two weeks after? Three weeks? For many, the struggle is only just beginning. Watch pt.1 of Martha Naadaa's story: ⚡️chicoco.fm/naadaas-story-… ⚡️ Amnesty International Nigeria WITNESS Africa

INFRAHUB | Sparked by the demolition of informal waterfront settlements in Nigeria, CMAP was formed when people with expertise in media, marketing and graphics connected over their shared concern for the plight of residents. More on this case study: infrahub.africa/case-studies/c…

This week on #PushbackTalks we revisit an extraordinary episode ft @Chicocoradio of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Discover powerful stories of resilience, resistance & the transformative power of music. We explore the fight against inequality & the parallels w/ 🌍 movements for justice