Lagos Authorities Dismantle Shanties, Evict Squatters Under Ijora Bridge

The Lagos State Government has initiated the demolition of unauthorized shacks inhabited by squatters under the Ijora Causeway Bridge.

The government had previously issued a five-day warning to occupants beneath the bridge and the overhead bridge along the Lagos Blue rail Line in Ijora, instructing them to clear their shanties due to posing a threat to the Lagos Blue Line corridor. Failure to comply would result in demolition and eviction.

The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, while giving the quit notice lamented the security risk the occupation of underneath the bridge by mini buses, block moulders, fuel sellers and miscreants posed to the safe operation of the blue rail line service, and said the government would not allow it to continue.

Sharing videos on his X handle on Saturday, Wahab stated that the enforcement team was led by ACP Bayo Sulaiman under the directive of the state governor to dislodge the squatters and clear the area.

He wrote, “Following the expiration of a 5-day quit notice issued to squatters under the Ijora Causeway Bridge by #followlasg last Sunday, the Enforcement Team of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources #LasgMOE and Special Intervention Squad on the Restoration of the Lagos Badagry Rail Corridor Clean-Up led ACP Bayo Sulaiman begin enforcement by dislodging the illegal squatters and clearing up the area as directed by Lagos State Governor, #jidesanwoolu.”