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Lagos displaces illegal occupants under Eko Bridge

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The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, said it has dislodged occupants of 84 rooms constructed under Eko Bridge at Elegbata, on the Lagos Island.

According to a statement in Lagos on Monday by the agency’s Spokesperson, Mr Lukman Ajayi, LAGESC’s Corps Marshal, Major Olanini Cole (rtd.) said that one person who allegedly built an eight-room toilet and linked the pipes into the Lagoon was also arrested during the operation.

He said that the operation was carried out after a member of the public was attacked at the spot.

He added that the fellow petitioned the state Commissioner for Environment, who gave an order for the demolition of the illegal structures.

Cole also said that some of the evicted individuals have been living there for the past 30 years.

“It is interesting that eight toilet pipes were link to the Lagoon, closed to where fishermen were fishing. Some of the occupants were cooking for the public in that place.

“The water they are using to cook can cause public health hazard. One person operating the toilet was detained,” corps marshal said.

According to him, the evictees claimed that they decided to live there because they have no money to rent decent apartments.

He also said that the operation would continue in all parts of the state to dislodge illegal occupants of black spots. (NAN)

Source: News Agency of Nigeria 

 

 

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