The Artists Village at the National Theatre in Lagos has been destroyed, according to a Facebook post by Segun Adefila, the founder of the world renowned Crown Troupe of Africa, a musical theatre group based in Bariga.
Adefila said the area was torn down by bulldozers on Saturday morning and most of the belongings of artists were either destroyed or stolen. One of the pictures he posted on Facebook also show what appears to be a bullet hole in a car, suggesting that there might have been some resistance from the artists.
“Today, Saturday,23rd of January 2016, while idle youths who have found engagement in crime roam the city almost unchecked, the Artists Village (the only artistically functional part of the National Theatre- a gigantic edifice with no soul) is under invasion.
“Many young artists who have found a creative outlet for their youthful energy shall be violently uprooted from this space. Their properties destroyed, savings stolen and all of them rendered idle. These artists shall soon begin to envy their contemporaries, who have taken to crime by wrecking havoc on a sleeping society. Shame, a big shame,” he wrote.
Information emanating from the National Theatre indicate that the demolition order was given by Kabiru Yusuf, the GM of National Theatre.
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