Photos: Artists' Village at the National Art Theatre demolished

The Artists Village located at the National Art
Theatre was completely demolished on Saturday,
Jan. 23. According to Segun Adefila, the founder
and lead dancer of Crown Troupe of Africa, who
shared the photos on Facebook, the demolition
was carried out on the order of the General
Manager of National Theatre, Mr Kabiru.
His post below: "Artistes village at the moment
been destroyed by Mr kabiru the GM of national
theatre with properties and arts work worth
millions gone just like that?hmmmmmm change
indeed has really come"
In a second post, he wrote: "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"