The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a video post via his X account on Wednesday.
About 86 apartments under the
Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, where tenants pay N250,000 annual rent have been
discovered by the Lagos State government.
This is according to the
state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab.
He disclosed this in a video
post via his X account on Wednesday.
Wahab revealed that the 86
partitioned rooms, sized “10×10 and 12×10”.
He added that the enforcement
team of Lagos State’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources had
successfully removed all structures, including a container utilised for various
illegal activities, from beneath the Dolphin Estate Bridge.
Sharing videos, the
commissioner wrote, “18 individuals squatting illegally under the bridge
leading from Dolphin Estate were arrested yesterday 30th of April, 2024 by the
officials from the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps”
“A total number of 86 rooms,
partitioned into 10×10 and 12×10, and a container used for different illegal
activities were discovered under the Dolphin Estate Bridge.
“They have all been removed by
the enforcement team of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water
Resources.”
A Special Adviser to Governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Kunle Rotimi-Akodu, further confirmed the eviction of
illegal settlers from beneath the bridge towards Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi.
Rotimi-Akodu said 23
individuals were arrested during the eviction, which was carried out by
officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as
KAI on Tuesday.
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