Photograph courtesy of via Twitter.
The settlement on stilts with saw dusts by the Lagoon, which is can be described as the shanty between Ebutte Metta and Lagos Island is said to be fire. Reports are sketchy, however there are reports which claim the Harmattan weather could be responsible for the fire.
many had initially feared it was Makoko shanty town on fire, however, according to Punch columnist, Tolu Ogunlesi, he tweeted “It’s not Makoko. It’s one of the waterside settlements in Ebutte Metta, ” . He went on to add that he had spoken to one of the Baales in Makoko who informed him that the was in fact at Ebute Metta and not Makoko.
I will keep you posted. Below are images of what the waterside settlements look like.