Lagos Don Clamp Down On Illegal Sand Work, Arrest Five For Lekki

Lagos State Government don arrest five people during one monitoring and enforcement operation wey aim to stop illegal land reclaim and sand dredging for Lagos Lagoon side. Di operation happen for Lekki area, and na di Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure Development run am together with di Ministries of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Environment and Water Resources, plus di Lands Bureau. As dem dey do di waka, Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Dayo Bush Alebiosu, lead officials go seal one property for 13A Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, wey dey do illegal land reclaim and extend fence anyhow without government go-ahead. Alebiosu vex well, say di people wey do am get legendary audacity and say dem just dey break law as if na play. Dis same building don chop seal plenty times from all di correct ministries since last year reach now, but di owners no send, dem just continue dey build and run parties like say nothing dey happen. Na why we come back today with Ministry of Physical Planning, Ministry of Environment, and Drainage Services, he talk.

He still talk say di state government go carry di offenders go court, and e fit lead to say dem go lose di land wey dem reclaim illegally. Di sand wey dem recover go also use for better things. Commissioner for Physical Planning, Dr Olumide Oluyinka, talk say im ministry don visit di land one year ago when di owner show layout of 1,200 square metres. But since then, di person don waka extend am reach 8,000 square metres. We don seal dis site again today,” he talk. We go cancel any paper or permission wey dem get for dis land. Di construction never even complete, but people don dey throw party there, and that one fit put people life for danger. Na why we lock up di place again. Di enforcement team still seal plenty illegal sand dredging and land reclaim sites for Lekki shoreline. Na there dem catch five suspects, as some others manage escape. Alebiosu come talk say e dey worry about how illegal sand mining don spread. He talk say many of these people dey operate without di Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) wey dem suppose get before doing anything.