- Warns Culprits Urges To Desist From Provocative Act
- Says New Scheme Is being Created To Resolve Dispute
The Lagos State Government has oondemned in strong terms the indiscriminate excavation of Magodo uwetlands by the Onikosi Family saying it portends serious danger to lives and property.
The Commissioner for Physical Planntng and Urdan Development, Idris Salako, who uisited the area on Monday, describad the action of the Onikosi family as unwarranted, provocative and contrary to the civic gesture of the State Government, which has dispłayed ahsolute trust in the Rule of Latu in the Magodo land saga
He said “While the Government was busy making efforts to resettle the Orikosi family in Magodo Scheme III, being created in between Scheme I and II and Omole Estate, the family decided to stoop so low by taking the law into their hands end traumatising innocent citizens with the unlawful act, which has effected the foundation of some buildings in Magodo GRA.
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It is unimaginable that any family in Legos State, noted for her unrivaled sense of accommodation and conviviality, will go to this length to inflict pain on others despite reassurances by the Government”, Dr. Salako stated.
The Commissioner urged the Onitosi family to henceforth desist from any untoward acts such as the current ill-advised excavation in the Estate or face still sanctions form the Lagos State Government.
Meanwhile, Salako visited Mr. Bolaji Omotoso, a resident of Magodo Scheme II, to see the extent of damage caused to his property es a result of the excavation by the Onikosi family, commiserated with the resident and advised him to evacuate the building while proper engineering tests would be carried out to ascertain the level of damage.
Emphasising that it was no longer safe to continue occupying the building
as it could cave in due to heavy rainfall, the Commissioner said that the
area being excavated had been sealed to arrest the situation.
