Lagos State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Wednesday said the government has discovered 86 partitioned rooms, sized 10×10 and 12×10, under the Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, on Lagos Island.
Tenants are said to be paying N250,000 per annum for the makeshift apartments under the bridge.
Wahab shared this information via a post on X on Wednesday, along with videos.
The commissioner had tweeted: “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 Dolphine Estate bridge.
“They have all been removed by the enforcement team of Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.
He added that the enforcement team of Lagos State’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources had successfully removed all structures, including a container used for various illegal activities, from beneath the Dolphin Estate bridge.
A Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Kunle Rotimi-Akodu, further confirmed the eviction of the squatters.
See the tweets:
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 Dolphine Estate bridge. They have all been removed by the enforcement team of Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources… pic.twitter.com/fyGIuKawjt
— Tokunbo Wahab (@tokunbo_wahab) May 1, 2024
18 individuals squatting illegally under the bridge leading from Dolphin Estate were arrested yesterday 30th of April, 2024 by the officials from the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps @LAGESCOfficial (KAI).
The illegal shanties have been dismantled this morning.… pic.twitter.com/S4GfcC4RXp
— Tokunbo Wahab (@tokunbo_wahab) May 1, 2024
