Lagos taskforce demolishes 1,700 shanties at Agege
- Says miscreants, hoodlums occupying illegal shanties to commit crimes
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, have demolished over 1,700 illegal shanties and containerised shops around Fagba Railway lines, Agege.
This was contained in a press statement by the Head of Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Task Force, Adebayo Taofiq, titled, ‘Lagos demolishes over 1,700 illegal shanties, containerised shops at Fagba railway lines’, on Sunday.
The Chairman of the agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, during the demolition exercise, said owners and occupants of the demolished shanties and containerised shops had been served a seven-day ‘removal order’ by the government based on series of complaints about criminal activities around Fagba, Agege.
According to him, after the expiration of the removal order, the government gave them additional 21 days grace to remove their belongings and vacate the entire area before embarking on the demolition exercise.
Egbeyemi said, “These illegal shanties and containerised shops were occupied by miscreants and hoodlums who terrorised innocent citizens around Fagba, Iju-Ishaga and Pen-Cinema area, dispossessing them of their valuables, especially early in the day and late at night.
“Investigations conducted revealed that miscreants and hoodlums occupying these illegal shanties were responsible for the destructions of public properties and looting of shops immediately after the recent ‘EndSARS’ protest around Agege.
