The Lagos State Government has begun the demolition of illegal shanties occupied by squatters beneath the Ijora Causeway Bridge.
The government had earlier on Sunday issued a five-day quit notice to squatters under the bridge and the Lagos Blue Rail Line overhead bridge in Ijora, ordering them to dismantle all of their shanties that posed a threat to the Lagos Blue Line corridor or face demolition and removal.
The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, while giving the quit notice lamented the security risk 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 said the government would not allow it to continue.
Sharing videos on his X handle on Saturday, Wahab stated that the enforcement team was led by ACP Bayo Sulaiman under the directive of the state governor to dislodge 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 ACP Bayo Sulaiman begin enforcement by dislodging the illegal squatters and clearing up the area as directed by Lagos State Governor, #jidesanwoolu.”
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… pic.twitter.com/im4MKA7kOe
— Tokunbo Wahab (@tokunbo_wahab) February 3, 2024
Ijora:it is done👏🏿 pic.twitter.com/nMJpVDFOSQ
— Jimi Disu (@jimidisu) February 3, 2024
SA on the Environment, Mr. Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu speaking with newsmen on Saturday while on an inspection tour to ascertain extent of compliance with the five day quit notice given to squatters in Ijora-Olopa under Ijora Causeway bridge by the Honorable Commissioner, MoE & WR. pic.twitter.com/Ovb1bdCzta
— kunle adeshina (@kunle_adeshina) February 3, 2024