The Lagos State government continued its crackdown on illegal settlements on Monday by demolishing shanties built along a drainage channel in the Adeniji Adele area of Lagos Island.
The state commissioner for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a video of the demolition shared on X.com on Monday.
His caption read, “Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps commenced operations, removing shanties on the setback of the drainage at Adeniji Adele.”
The video showed LAGESC officials demolishing the shanties built on the drainage setbacks and dislodging squatters under the bridge. The demolition in Adeniji Adele follows a series of similar operations across the state.
It was reported last Friday that the Lagos State Government demolished 138 shanties around the canal bank in Ajao Estate Canal, where illegal occupants paid between ₦60,000 and ₦100,000 in rent.
The LAGESC Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy Unit, Ajayi Lukman, also disclosed the removal of 54 illegal shanties that harboured 84 illegal occupants and eight makeshift toilets beneath the Eko Bridge in the Ebute-Ero area of the state last Monday.
