[1] In July 1990,[1] Maroko settlement was made up of Ijaw and Ilaje people amongst other yorubas.
The Lagos State government, under civilian governor Alhaji Lateef Jakande attempt the first eviction of the settlement in 1980 which lead to riots where government workers lost their lives.
The military administrator Raji Rasaki, evicted the residents of Maroko and demolished the community.
In December 2008, the Social and Economic Rights Action Centre (SERAC) and Debevoise & Plimpton, filed a communication with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, stating that the eviction violated the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
[2] The Beatification of Area Boy (1995), a play written by Wole Soyinka, has its plot woven around the infamous eviction of Maroko residents.