Lagos State Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab of the Environment and Water Resources revealed that the state authorities have exposed apartments beneath the Dolphin estate bridge, where tenants were paying an annual rent of N250,000.
According to Wahab, an enforcement team from the Lagos Ministry of Environment discovered 86 rooms partitioned into sizes of 10×10 and 12×10, along with a container.
The commissioner shared this information in a post featuring videos on Wednesday, announcing that the illegal structures had been demolished.
“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,” the commissioner wrote.
“They have all been removed by the enforcement team of Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.”
Commenting on the incident, Kunle Rotimi-Akodu, special adviser on environment to the Lagos governor, said 33 persons have so far been arrested by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC).
“The bridge has hitherto housed 86 rooms, partitioned into 10×10 and 12×10. Squatters there have been paying an average rent of N250k p.a,” he said.
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