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  • Lagos To Quit Squatters At Lekki Costal Road, Fagba Railway Crossing

    The Lagos State Taskforce has carried out a follow up eviction operation and also served a five day eviction notice to squatters and suspected miscreants around Lekki Coastal Road and Marwa Gardens.

    The operation which was led by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye in the early hours of Tuesday lasted about 5 hours. Jejeloye disclosed that the Lagos State Taskforce had visited the axis times without number but the squatters remained defiant and kept returning after the dust settles.

    “We have said it times without number that the clearing of the axis will be a continuous one until the State Government commences construction of the alternative roads. The exercise is also necessary to frustrate criminal activities in the area.”

    CSP Jejeloye appealed to owners of structures erected illegally along that axis to remove them before the five days grace given to them by the State Government.

    “There are car repair outlets, brothels, viewing centres and kiosks, all erected illegally and haphazardly along the dedicated routes for the construction of the road and we have served them all the 5 day notice to vacate the area or risk having their property brought down by the bulldozer”

    The five days notice is a follow up to series of notices and warnings that have been served before now to these squatters.

    In a similar development, the Lagos State Taskforce also served removal/eviction notices to kiosk owners and makeshift shops erected along Fagba Railway crossing due to the dangers their structure pose for passengers and to themselves.

    The Chairman of the Taskforce who led the operation disclosed that the activities of the petty traders posed a huge safety and security risk around there and also was necessary to ease traffic caused by them.

    “These structures erected here have no form of approval whatsoever from the State Government therefore its our reposibility to ensure that they are removed and Lagosians are allowed to move freely without any obstruction”

    Jejeloye warned occupants in the area that strict enforcement exercise begins right after the 5 day eviction notice elapses. He appealed to anyone nursing the idea of selling wares by the rail track to shelve such ideas as the State Government is out to restore sanity around the rail track and its environs.

  • Tough Times Await Criminals In Lagos – Taskforce Boss Vows

    Tough Times Await Criminals In Lagos – Taskforce Boss Vows

    Operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce, have arrested one notorious Okada robber, Yusuf Lammeed, who specialises in robbing innocent members of the public in the early hours of the day across various parts of the State,

    The suspect who was accompanied by two accomplices currently on the run, was arrested by the Taskforce operatives while trying to rob a lady who stood at the bus Stop at Ikeja Along waiting for a bus at about 5;30am on Friday. The lady, who screamed for help when approached by the suspects alerted the officers on patrol along that axis which led to a hot pursuit where one of them fell from the bike and was apprehended.

    While confessing to the crime at the Taskforce Headquarters in Bolade Oshodi, the suspect revealed that he and his other gang members, tribunal and Abbey of Mushin, have been into the business for over six months. He disclosed that the ban on the operations of Okada in the State had made the business a lot more difficult but they still carried out operations at intervals to steal phones and sell to their dealers in Mushin popularly known as Segun Scatter, Steven Memory, Kalimantan and Ejo.

    Speaking on the arrest, The Chairman of the Agency CSP Shola Jejeloye said that the Agency would do all within its power to ensure that crime will continually be made to be unlucrative for anyone still involved in it.

    “Crime is not a career. We have made several efforts in the past and will intensify the efforts to ensure criminal elements in the State either flee from here or turn over a new leaf. We will be all out in 2023 to achieve our mandate of zero tolerance to criminality in the State.

    Jejeloye urged miscreants, traffic offenders, environmental offenders, car snatchers, burglars, pickpockets, one-chance operators, etc to have a rethink this year or they will have themselves to blame at the end of the day. He appealed to residents to report any criminal activities around them to the nearest police Station or to the Agency.

    Jejeloye assured Lagosians that a crack team had been assigned to fish out the other gang members who fled the scene of arrest and also apprehend the buyers of their loot. The suspect arrested will be charged to court accordingly.