By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
The Lagos State Taskforce has apprehended 38 recalcitrant occupants at the Lekki Coastal Road, just as it vowed continuous mop up operation to drive home its mandate of creating a serene and habitable environment for residents within that axis through the removal of shanties and criminal hideouts.
The arrest was made in an operation, led by the chairman of the agency CSP Shola Jejeloye, carried out in the wee hours yesterday, that lasted about six hours.
Jejeloye further stated that the makeshift shanties by the roadside were also further demolished to ensure free vehicular movement along that route.
The chairman warned all squatters and unscrupulous elements who try to call bluff of the Agencies activities to have a rethink and turn over a new leaf or risk being prosecuted.
In a statement by Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, Director, Press & Public Affairs, Jejeloye appealed to road side traders in the area to move their wares to the designated market complex rather than defacing the streets and roads.
“Clearing of this area will be sustained for as long as it takes till we achieve our objective of creating a society that is safe and habitable for residents and Lagosians as a whole”, he warned.
