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The Lagos State government has destroyed illegal structures on Sanusi Fafunwa Street, Victoria Island, and the mechanics along MacGregor Road, Ikoyi.
The State's Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said that the demolitions are being done to reclaim coastal road alignment for the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Calabar highway.
Rocketparrot News learned that the destruction exercises were carried out in response to public complaints received by the Lagos State Ministry of Environment, and after serving several notices to mechanics on MacGregor Road, Ikoyi to vacate the area, they were dislodged.
Also, illegal structures placed on the setback at Sanusi Fafunwa Street, Victoria Island were removed.”
The move was another one in a series of operations by the state government targeted at removing illegal structures and dislodging the occupants.
The government in March began the removal of illegal structures and the Shanties Highway project.
