Lagos Govt Gives Shanty Dwellers Five Days To Vacate Premises

The Lagos State Government has issued a five-day ultimatum to squatters beneath the Ijora Causeway Bridge and the Lagos Blue Rail Line overpass to vacate their shanties or face demolition for posing a hazard to the Lagos Blue Line corridor.

This was revealed in a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Kunle Adeshina, on Sunday.

Adeshina said a 24-hour notice had also been issued to everyone selling petroleum products beneath the Ijora Bridge, warning them to relocate their trucks and containers or face confiscation.

He stated that until the three-week prohibition on sales and distribution of styrofoam items expires, no enforcement action would be taken against the makers and users.

 “The Lagos State Government on Sunday gave five days quit notice to different squatters under the Ijora Causeway Bridge and 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 quit notice was given by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, when he led a high-powered team that included the Chairman, Special Intervention Squad on the Restoration of the Lagos Badagry Rail Corridor Clean-Up, ACP BAYO Sulaima,  and the Special Adviser on the Environment, Kunle Rotimi-Akodu, on an inspection of the Ijora and the under bridge.

“He also gave a 24-hour quit notice to all those selling petroleum products under the Ijora Bridge to move all their trucks and containers or risk confiscation, adding that they posed enormous dangers to the infrastructure and human presence in the area.”