Stakeholders Dislodge Illegal Settlers In Lagos Community

Safe Habitat has called on the Lagos state government and relevant stakeholders to show serious interest in the activities of aliens from neighbouring countries and criminals fleeing from other parts of the country in some riverine communities in the state, there are strong indications that efforts are on to dislodge them and remove their shanties any moment from now.

New Telegraph reports that the group had in a statement by its executive director, Ade Williams on Saturday said “we are concerned about information reaching us that some aliens and criminals fleeing from law enforcement agencies have formed the habit of creating illegal settlements and shanties in some water front communities especially in Eti-Osa local government area of the state, where they constitute environmental nuisance and launch criminal attacks against residents of Lekki, Ikoyi, Victoria Island and others.”

Williams said it was better that the government and other stakeholders took decisive action against such settlements and shanties in the interest of lawful residents and business development of the area and the state as a whole.

But yesterday, Safe Habitat said “we are glad to update members of the public that further information reaching us after our statement on Saturday indicates that both the state government and the relevant stakeholders in Eti-Osa local government area of the state have started taking steps to remove the shanties in Ebute Ikate Elegushi to stop the entrenchment of environmental nuisance and security threats coming from the community.”

While commending Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the Elegushi Royal Family and the Ikate Elegushi Residents Association for rising up to the challenge, Safe Habitat noted that the Lagos government had taken similar action last year to rid Ikoyi and Victoria Island of such environmental nuisance.

Williams said past government in the state had equally summoned the same will to cleanse Kuramo beach of criminal activities in 2007 by dislodging illegal settlers erecting shanties there.

Source: New Telegraph