The Lagos State Government has torn down several makeshift structures along the Ajao Estate Canal bank, where tenants pay an annual rent of N100,000.
This information was revealed in a statement from Tokunbo Wahab, the State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, shared on X.com on Friday.
Wahab wrote, “In continuation of concerted measures to reduce the scourge of environmental infractions and illegal encampment in public spaces, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as KAI on Thursday demolished 138 shanties around the canal bank in Ajao Estate Canal where illegal occupants pays between N60,000 to N100,000 rent.”