According
to Punch, the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special
Offences (Enforcement) Unit yesterday Wednesday March 28th arrested 86
suspected illegal squatters, food vendors and miscreants around the
Ikoyi area of Lagos for not having definite residential address and
means of livelihood.
The raid took
place between 11pm last night and 1am this morning. The arrest was in
response to complaints by residents of the area about the presence of
illegal squatters in uncompleted buildings and makeshift shops. After
conducting some investigation, the police classified the squatters as
security risk and rounded them up last night. Those arrested were found
in abandoned houses and shops at Lugard Street, Bedwell Street, Glover
Street and three different spots in Parkview Estate. Police said some
of them were suspected to be part of criminal gangs terrorizing Ikoyi
residents.
Lagos state police say the raid will continue as the government will no longer tolerate people living in uncompleted building.
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