Owners of shanties on setbacks and right of way on the Blue Rail line corridor from Orile to Iyana Iba have seven days to move backwards or relocate.

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, TOKUNBO WAHAB, gave the ultimatum when he supervised the removal of shanties and illegal structures on government setbacks and right of way along the Lagos/Badagry Expressway.

The commissioner said the enforcement becomes necessary following the expiration of the one-month notice given to street traders, squatters, as well as occupiers of shanties and abandoned vehicles on the Lagos/ Badagry Expressway. 

He stressed that the Lagos/Badagry Expressway is an international highway, and the setback must not be infringed upon.

WAHAB, who particularly mentioned the illegal settlement at Agboju, where squatters have built shanties on government setbacks, said the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency will take over the beautification and landscaping once the squatters have been ejected.