The Lagos State authorities continued its crackdown on unlawful settlements on Monday by demolishing shanties constructed alongside a drainage channel within the Adeniji Adele space of Lagos Island.
The state commissioner for the Ministry of the Atmosphere and Water Assets, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a video of the demolition shared on X.com on Monday.
His caption learn, “Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps commenced operations, eradicating shanties on the setback of the drainage at Adeniji Adele.”
The video confirmed LAGESC officers demolishing the shanties constructed on the drainage setbacks and dislodging squatters beneath the bridge. The demolition in Adeniji Adele follows a sequence of comparable operations throughout the state.
PUNCH On-line reported final Friday that the Lagos State Authorities demolished 138 shanties across the canal financial institution in Ajao Property Canal, the place unlawful occupants paid between ₦60,000 and ₦100,000 in hire.
The LAGESC Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy Unit, Ajayi Lukman, additionally disclosed the elimination of 54 illegal shanties that harboured 84 unlawful occupants and eight makeshift bogs beneath the Eko Bridge within the Ebute-Ero space of the state final Monday.
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