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Fashola issues quit notice to squatters under bridges

The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Monday issued a quit notice to all squatters under bridges and fly-overs in Lagos state. A similar warning … Continue reading Fashola issues quit notice to squatters under bridges


The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Monday issued a quit notice to all squatters under bridges and fly-overs in Lagos state.


A similar warning was also given to drivers of tankers and other articulated vehicles parked on roads in the state.

The special adviser to the state government, Hakeem Bello, in a signed statement disclosed that the measure was being put in place to restore Law and order in Lagos.

“Spaces under and around the bridges are reserved to service the bridges…They are not residence for miscreants and those who have no place to live” the governor warned.

Describing the fresh drive as a joint effort between the government and all the security agencies to enforce Law and Order, Governor Fashola stated that “You have seen from Ijora, right through to Apapa to Mile 2 and Amuwo Odofin. You see the impact of the activities of tank farm owners, Port concessionaires, tanker drivers and trailer drivers, all in the name of doing business. But in doing business, they have hurt order businesses…You now see them berthing on the roads, parking their trailers there, defecating on the roads that cannot work. That is a violation of our environmental laws; that is a violation of our traffic laws and we will not lie down and let this happen”.

According to him, “we can do business, but if we do it within the precincts of Law and Order, it will prosper more, many more people will benefit. It is of no use if I have a tank farm and all the trucks which service my tank farm block the roads and then shut down the productive energy of a whole State. That is not good business because you, as a tank farmer may employ one or two thousand people but you deprive two million people from getting to work; or because your container overturns, it kills a whole family, have we really gained?