The Lagos State Government has given illegal occupants of abandoned Ikoyi Towers in Lagos Island 48-hours to quit the premises
The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab gave the notice on Saturday during an inspection of some sites, including the Federal Government-owned Ikoyi Towers.
“We were also on a site inspection to assess enforcement of Osborne underbridge after the illegal structures harbouring several persons were removed,” the commissioner wrote on his X account.
“Abandoned Ikoyi Towers which we observed were housing illegal occupants posing a security threat to the environment and nuisance to the State. An undocumented number of persons running into hundreds were seen in the premises with no sanitary provisions, and whose daily activities could not be ascertained.
They have been given a 48-hour vacation notice to leave the area.”
In recent months, the Lagos State Government has ramped up its clampdown on illegal structures to contain flooding and save lives.
Just last week, it cleared some illegal structures in under-bridge apartments where occupants pay as much as N250,000 yearly.
Lagos Gives Illegal Ikoyi Towers’ Squatters 48-Hours To Quit
