The Lagos State government has issued a five-day quit notice to squatters under the Ijora Causeway bridge and Lagos Blue rail line overhead bridge in Ijora to remove all their shanties for constituting a danger to the Lagos Blue Line corridor or risk demolition and removal.

Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab, who issued the notice when he led a team on an inspection of the bridge, lamented the security risk from the occupation of underneath the blue rail line bridge by mini buses, block moulders, fuel sellers and miscreants, noting that the state task force on special offences would take full possession of the whole expanse of land in the area.

Wahab also gave a 24 hours quit notice to those selling petroleum products under the Ijora Bridge to move all their trucks and containers or risk confiscation.

The commissioner further reiterated that no form of enforcement must be carried against distributors and sellers of styrofoam products until the expiration of the three weeks’ moratorium granted users, to mop up all the stock they had before the enforcement of the ban takes effect.