The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, TOKUNBO WAHAB, has said the government discovered 86 apartments under the Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, where tenants pay 250,000 naira annual rent.

He added that the enforcement team of Lagos State’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources had successfully removed all structures, including a container utilised for various illegal activities, from beneath the Dolphin Estate Bridge.

A Special Adviser to Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, KUNLE ROTIMI-AKODU, further confirmed the eviction of illegal settlers from beneath the bridge towards Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi.

ROTIMI-AKODU said 23 individuals were arrested during the eviction, which was carried out by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as KAI.