By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
The Lagos State Government has started demolition of illegal shops attached to the pedestrian bridge in Idumota as part of ongoing efforts to maintain order and improve pedestrian movement in the area.
The disclosure was made on Monday in an X post by Tokunbo Wahab, Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources.
He stated that the operation was carried out in a joint effort between operatives from the Office of the Drainage Services and the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), targeted structures encroaching on the bridge and its surroundings to improve accessibility and eliminate safety risks.
“In a joint operation between the operatives from the Office of the Drainage Services and the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, clearance operation resumed in Idumota, removing illegal shops attached to the pedestrian bridge,” Wahab’s post read.
A short video clip attached to the post on X showed operatives wielding sledgehammers to demolish cemented shop structures built against the pedestrian bridge.
