The Governor Sanwo-Olu led-administration has intensified efforts to arrest and prosecute the ‘landlords’ who rented illegal apartments to tenants under bridges in the Ikoyi area of the state.
This story began on Wednesday and continued until Thursday.
That was when the state government uncovered some apartments under a bridge in the highbrow area of Ikoyi, Lagos State.
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said 165 miscreants and squatters were arrested during the recent raid at Ikoyi bridge.
Renewed Enforcement
Wahab spoke at the ongoing ministerial press briefing.
The briefing was to commemorate the first Year of the second term in office of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat.
The event was held on Friday, at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
He said: “In a renewed step to ensure safety of lives of residents, the Operatives of Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI/LAGESC, in line with the provisions of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Management law renewed the enforcement of the use of pedestrian bridges.
“At the count, a total number of 1,032 persons were arrested.
“They were arrested for crossing the highway and failure to use pedestrian bridges.
Illegal Housing
“165 miscreants and squatters on the pedestrian bridges across the state were also dislodged and the bridges cleaned up.
“Just about 24 hours ago, the operatives carried out an operation.
“The operation unearthed a major illegal housing settlement constructed under the Dolphin Bridge Ikoyi.
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“An unbelievable 80 rooms partitioned 10×10 and 10×12 and a container used for different illegal activities was also discovered.
“All the structures have been dismantled and a total of 36 miscreants who lived under the bridge were arrested.
“Efforts are being intensified to arrest the ring leaders who rented out the underbridge apartments with electricity supply”.
