Abuja– February 3, 2024 – Viewpoint Housing News.
The Lagos State Government has begun demolishing illegal shanties inhabited by squatters beneath the Ijora Causeway Bridge.
On Sunday, last week the Lagos state government issued a five-day quit notice to squatters beneath the bridge and the Lagos Blue Rail Line overhead bridge in Ijora, ordering them to dismantle any shanties that posed a threat to the Lagos Blue Line corridor or face demolition and removal.
Tokunbo Wahab, the state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, lamented the security risk that the occupation of underneath the bridge by mini buses, block moulders, fuel sellers and miscreants posed to the safe operation of the blue rail line service, and stated that, the government would not allow it to persist.
On Saturday, Wahab shared videos on his X account stating that the enforcement squad led by ACP Bayo Sulaiman was directed by the state governor to remove the squatters and clear the area.
He wrote, “Following the expiration of a 5-day quit notice issued to squatters under the Ijora Causeway Bridge by #followlasg last Sunday, the Enforcement Team of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources #LasgMOE and Special Intervention Squad on the Restoration of the Lagos Badagry Rail Corridor Clean-Up led by ACP Bayo Sulaiman begin enforcement by dislodging the illegal squatters and clearing up the area as directed by Lagos State Governor, #jidesanwoolu”
