Dolphin Estate is a gated community in Ikoyi , Lagos , Nigeria .
15-564: The Dolphin Estate was one of Ikoyi's first gated communities. built by Messrs HFP Engineering Nigeria in 1990 for the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, LSDPC. This was the completion of phase 1, which consisted of the construction of 646 units. Phase 2 of the project, also developed by Messrs HFP, consisted of the construction of 1458 units. The third phase added prefabricated high rise buildings on eight blocks of
30-473: A poor drainage system and security issues. There is an artificial canal running across the Estate but it is clogged. The estate hosts several hotels like Oakwood Park Hotel, Casa Hawa-Safe Court, Le Paris Continental Hotel and Pelican Intercontinental Hotel, and a shopping complex. 6°27′20″N 3°24′45″E / 6.4556°N 3.4125°E / 6.4556; 3.4125 Funsho Williams Anthony Olufunsho Williams (9 May 1948 – 27 July 2006)
45-544: Is a gated community in Ikoyi , Lagos , Nigeria . The Dolphin Estate was one of Ikoyi's first gated communities. built by Messrs HFP Engineering Nigeria in 1990 for the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, LSDPC. This was the completion of phase 1, which consisted of the construction of 646 units. Phase 2 of the project, also developed by Messrs HFP, consisted of the construction of 1458 units. The third phase added prefabricated high rise buildings on eight blocks of
60-558: The Lagos State civil service. He spent the next 17 years working on construction projects in Lagos State. Approximately 70% of the roads and bridges were built under his stewardship. Williams was a Permanent Secretary by the time he left the civil service in 1991. He went into business, but he shortly returned to public service, as a Lagos state Commissioner under Colonel Olagunsoye Oyinlola 's Military Administratorship. In
75-656: The 2003 elections under the leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo . Williams had stood twice before in the Lagos State Governorship (Gubernatorial) election . At the time of his death he was hoping to be nominated as the PDP Gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State. He had vowed to wrest control of the wealthy state from the Alliance for Democracy Party. Williams held directorships in several companies: On July 27, 2006, Funsho Williams
90-406: The Estate, initially to house those displaced by the construction work. It is the estate where Funsho Williams , a popular PDP Lagos governorship aspirant, was murdered on 26 June 2006 at his residence on Corporation Drive. In October 2015, 45 Boko Haram suspects were arrested after plotting to attack the estate, but later found to be a gas explosion. In July 2017, the government asked all
105-402: The Estate, initially to house those displaced by the construction work. It is the estate where Funsho Williams , a popular PDP Lagos governorship aspirant, was murdered on 26 June 2006 at his residence on Corporation Drive. In October 2015, 45 Boko Haram suspects were arrested after plotting to attack the estate, but later found to be a gas explosion. In July 2017, the government asked all
120-572: The Ikoyi area and rise. The estate is home to middle-class and high-income residential areas. There is a police station within the Estate. The Honorary Consulate of Mexico is also located in the Dolphin Estate. It is considered one of the most expensive places to live in Lagos. The structures built in the 1990s are starting to wear off, and the high rise area turned into a low-income area with
135-401: The Ikoyi area and rise. The estate is home to middle-class and high-income residential areas. There is a police station within the Estate. The Honorary Consulate of Mexico is also located in the Dolphin Estate. It is considered one of the most expensive places to live in Lagos. The structures built in the 1990s are starting to wear off, and the high rise area turned into a low-income area with
150-610: The mid-1990s, Williams decided to enter into politics in order that he could formulate policy, rather than just carry it out. He first joined the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), but after the suspicious death of its leader, General Sani Abacha he moved to the Alliance for Democracy (AD). After a short time, Williams again switched parties, this time to the People's Democratic Party (PDP).They had won
165-510: The owners of the properties illegally built on top of the drainage network to vacate their houses and move elsewhere, blaming their presence for the repetitive floods in the area, and engaged in the promised destructions of illegal properties the same month. In September 2018, a major flood hit the Dolphin Estate, and again in October 2019. The drainage system could not release all the captured water into ocean all at once, causing it to remain in
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#1732798561336180-452: The owners of the properties illegally built on top of the drainage network to vacate their houses and move elsewhere, blaming their presence for the repetitive floods in the area, and engaged in the promised destructions of illegal properties the same month. In September 2018, a major flood hit the Dolphin Estate, and again in October 2019. The drainage system could not release all the captured water into ocean all at once, causing it to remain in
195-689: Was an influential Nigerian politician from Lagos State and former Commissioner under Colonel Olagunsoye Oyinlola 's Military Administration in Lagos. Funsho Williams attended the St. Paul's Catholic school at Ebute Metta and later St Gregory's College, Lagos . In 1968, he studied at the University of Lagos , attaining a degree in civil engineering . He then went on to attend the New Jersey Institute of Technology for his Master's degree . In 1974, Williams returned to Nigeria and joined
210-463: Was found bound, strangled, and stabbed at his home in Dolphin Estate , Ikoyi , an exclusive and wealthy neighborhood in Lagos. On July 28, 2006, two people were arrested in connection with his death. One was his campaign manager, and the other was a senator and former Works Minister Kingsley Adeseye Ogunlewe . Ogunlewe was also hoping to be the PDP Gubernatorial candidate. [1] . Williams
225-643: Was laid to rest at the Victoria Court Cemetery, Lagos. He was survived by his wife, Hilda, and four children. On February 26, 2007, approximately seven months after the murder incident, the then Lagos State governor, Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu in honor of the late iconic character, renamed the longest and the popular Western Avenue highway in Lagos to Funsho William Avenue. Yet, it is still known to most Lagosians as Western Avenue highway. Dolphin Estate Dolphin Estate
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