The Lagos State Government says it will remove over 100 shanties at Adeniji Adele under bridge beginning today, May 6th.
Speaking to the press on Sunday, the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, says the removal follows the expiration of a 48-hour removal notice served on all occupants of the shanties to move with their belongings.
This exercise, according to him, is part of the commitment of the state government to reclaim all ungoverned spaces that dot the Lagos landscape.
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A similar exercise was carried out last week in Ikoyi where an apartment where tenants pay N250,000 annual rent was discovered under the Dolphin Estate Bridge.
He added that the enforcement team of Lagos State’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources had successfully removed all structures, including a container utilized for various illegal activities, from beneath the Dolphin Estate Bridge.
The Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotosho, on Sunday, said that out of the 450 squatters arrested under the bridge, 371 asked to be relocated to their various states.
