In a bid to reclaim the ungoverned spaces of the state, the Lagos State Government has declared that 100 shanties housing several people at Adeniji-Adele Underbridge will be taken down, starting tomorrow, Monday, after the 48-hour notice was met.
Similar operations was carried out at Ijora, Apongbon, Obalende, and Dolphin, which is the recent evacuation operation.
Tokunbo Wahab, the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, passed the information to members of the press on Sunday.
Furthermore, Mr Wahab directs members of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI/LAGESC) and officials of the Monitoring, Enforcement, and Compliance (MEC) department of the Ministry to commerce enforcement on Monday, added that they will be accompany by security force personnel.
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According to the commissioner, this exercise is in line with the state governor’s administration. Babajide Sanwo-Olu described the sorry state of representation of those shanties as a distorted image of what a smart city like Lagos should be.
He added that criminals use the aboard in carrying out their evil scheme, “peddling hard drugs and substances that are injurious to the well-being of law-abiding residents.”
Meanwhile, he urges the residents to comply with the order before the commencement of the enforcement operations on Monday.
