The Lagos State Special Committee on Clean Up of Ikoyi and Victoria
Island has given the marching orders to owners of all boats in a boat
yard located on Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi (at the junction of Iru
Close) to remove them immediately.
In a statement signed on Monday by the Chairman of the Committee,
Tunji Bello, he warned the owners of all the boats and other vehicles
parked within the yard to remove them between now and the next 21 days
or face the full wrath of the law.
He said the order which is part of the Clean- up mandate of the
committee becomes necessary following complaints and representations
from members of the public and residents of the area on the
unwholesome activities going on in the location.
Bello added that investigation revealed that the boat yard has become
a den of miscreants, drug dealers, prostitutes, gangs and petty
traders, attracting patrons who also engage in all forms of illegal
parking on the road.
He stated that some of the residents of the area have also complained
that while women sell local gin (ogogoro) at the stalls during the
day, miscreants hide inside the boat yard at night and harass car
owners and joggers at will.
He reiterated the commitment of the committee to carry out its
responsibility of ensuring that all environmental nuisances that may
endanger the lives of residents are removed in a steady and systematic
manner.
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