The Lagos State government has begun the destruction of illegal shanties occupied by squatters under the Ijora Causeway Bridge.
It noted that occupation of underneath the bridge by mini buses, block molders, 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.
TheHintsNews reports that the state government had on Sunday gave a five-day quit notice to squatters under the bridge and the Lagos Blue rail Line overhead bridge in Ijora to remove all their shanties for constituting a danger to the Lagos Blue Line corridor or risk demolition and removal.
The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said: “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.”