The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, has dislodged occupants of 84 rooms constructed under the Eko Bridge at Elegbata, on the Lagos Island.
Its Corps Marshal, retired Maj. Olanini Cole disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Monday by the agency’s spokesperson, Lukman Ajayi.
Cole said one person who allegedly built an eight-room toilet and linked the pipes into the Lagoon was also arrested during the operation.
He said the operation was carried out after a member of the public was attacked at the spot, adding that the fellow petitioned the state Commissioner for Environment, who ordered the demolition of the illegal structures.
Cole also said some of the evicted individuals have been living there for the past 30 years.
“It is interesting that eight toilet pipes were linked to the Lagoon, closed to where fishermen were fishing. Some of the occupants were cooking for the public in that place.
“The water they are using to cook can cause public health hazard. One person operating the toilet was detained,” corps marshal said.
He said the evictees claimed that they decided to live there because they have no money to rent decent apartments, adding that the evacuation would continue in all parts of the state to dislodge illegal occupants of black spots.
