The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Taskforce has issued a seven-day quit notice to squatters in illegal structures at Fagba on Abbatior Road in Oko-Oba, Agege, near Lagos.
Taofiq Adebayo, head of public affairs of the taskforce, issued the notice in a statement in Lagos on Sunday.
Adebayo said the illegal structures house hoodlums, whom he said, have destroyed property in the area during the recent #ENDSARS protest.
He said that over 2,500 illegal structures and shanties, including shops in containers had been served quit notices.
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“It is an eye-sore seeing miscreants, including under-age boys smoking Indian hemp freely, in the area.
“Residents around Fagba can no longer sleep with their two eyes closed, due to a series of criminal activities perpetrated by these notorious boys.”
According to Adebayo, Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos state commissioner of police, has directed that after the expiration of the seven-day quit notice any hoodlum arrested should be charged to court.
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The spokesman said Olayinka Egbeyemi, the chairman of the taskforce, had assured that the unit will not relent in securing the environment for citizens.
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