The Lagos Police Command has denied that there are protests on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, over the demolition of shanties around the Jakande area of Ajah, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.
The Lagos State Government is planning to pull down shanties and all illegal structures around the Jakande estate and Mayegun axis.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Electronic Geographic Information Systems and Urban Development, Dr. Olajide Babatunde, disclosed this on Sunday during an inspection of the area.
He said, “The removal notices had been served severally on the occupants of these shanties but they have remained adamant.
“You can see that some of them have started removing the illegal structures themselves but I will implore those yet to comply to do so immediately as removal of these illegal structures begins today.”
However, reacting to the alleged protest, the spokesperson for the state’s police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed to Punch that there was no protest in the state and that the people who were said to be protesting were likely hired to disrupt the action of the government.
“Normalcy has been restored in the affected area. It has not stopped our work, we are just there to maintain law and order. There is no protest,” Hundeyin added.
