Lekki-Epe Road: Lagos State Gives Illegal Structures’ Owners Deadline
The Chairman for Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, CSP Shola Jejeloye said the three-day illegal structures deadline became necessary due to the construction of the road that would serve as an alternative route for the Lekki–Epe expressway.
Joy Kalu 
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has issued a three-day Removal Notice to all owners of makeshift structures, kiosks and vehicles at Maroko and Lekki Coastal Road.
On Monday, July 26, 2021, the Chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye said the action became necessary due to the construction of the road that would serve as an alternative route for the Lekki – Epe expressway.
He said the highway leads to Lekki Free Trade Zone and presently has several illegal buildings, among others, used for trading activities by different artisans.
“The stretch of the road has been taken over by mechanics, block makers, bamboo and wood sellers, shanties and other illegal occupiers, which will impede effective road construction,'' he said.
Jejeloye announced that on the expiration of the notification on Thursday, July 29, 2021, his team would remove all unapproved structures, shanties, abandoned vehicles, etc.
The CSP believes the clearance and raids of criminal hideouts in Marwa Waterside would also help to reduce traffic robberies on the Lekki – Ajah corridor.
The officer appealed to affected owners and occupiers to heed the state government order, warning that defaulters will face justice.
In December 2019, the Lagos government carried out a similar clean up of the same axis.
