Mr Oluropo Oyetade, the Director, Highways, Bridges and Design announced an ultimatum from Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, to illegal occupants of the bridges in Lagos to leave before this month end or face forceful eviction and sanctions.
Mr Oluropo Oyetade gave the ultimatum during an emergency meeting between the Federal Ministry of Works delegation and the Lagos State Government officials to review the Apongbon Bridge fire on Wednesday.
Recall that firefighters battled frantically to put out the inferno under the Apongbon Bridge, on Wednesday morning.
He stressed that all the occupants under bridges, particularly in Lagos, we are been given seven days to pack away.
He said that the Seven days counting from the moment he was speaking and By March 31, the task force will swing into action and will impound all recalcitrant elements that are found under the bridges.
He also said and I quote “They shall be forcefully evicted. Not only that, they will be made to pay for any items, if we have to remove them.
“Let me repeat and make myself clear, all occupants under our bridges, we have over 20 bridges in Lagos, should move before March 31,” he said.
He warned that a task force would embark on enforcement of recovery of the Right of Way (ROW) on all the 20 bridges in Lagos as from March 31.