Lagos govt uncovers 86 rooms under bridge where tenants pay N250k annually

The Lagos State Government has discovered 86 apartments nether the Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, wherever tenants wage N250,000 yearly rent.

The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this successful a video station via his X relationship connected Wednesday.

Wahab revealed that the 86 partitioned rooms, sized “10×10 and 12×10”.

He added that the enforcement squad of Lagos State’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources had successfully removed each structures, including a instrumentality utilised for assorted amerciable activities, from beneath the Dolphin Estate Bridge.

Sharing videos, the commissioner wrote, “18 individuals squatting illegally nether the span starring from Dolphin Estate were arrested yesterday 30th of April, 2024 by the officials from the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps”

“A full fig of 86 rooms, partitioned into 10×10 and 12×10, and a instrumentality utilized for antithetic amerciable activities were discovered nether the Dolphin Estate Bridge.

“They person each been removed by the enforcement squad of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.”

A Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Kunle Rotimi-Akodu, further confirmed the eviction of amerciable settlers from beneath the span towards Dolphin Estate successful Ikoyi.

Rotimi-Akodu said 23 individuals were arrested during the eviction, which was carried retired by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known arsenic KAI connected Tuesday.