The Lagos State Government has issued a 14-day eviction notice to the occupants of the Alaba Rago Market in the state.
According to the State Police Command, the notice was issued after months of negotiation between the state government and representatives of the occupiers of the market.
The police issued the following statement on the addressing the issues;
ALABA RAGO: LAGOS SERVES EVICTION NOTICES
After several months of negotiation between Lagos State Government and representatives of the occupiers of Alaba Rago over the modernisation of the market, Government through a joint team of Rapid Response Squad and Lagos Taskforce, has given the occupants of Alaba Rago a 14-day ultimatum to vacate the market.
The joint team, which was led by Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi and Chairman, Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce), CSP Sola Jejeloye met the occupants of the market in clusters to inform them of the 14-day vacation order.
CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi stated that emerging security reports from the area have shown that Alaba Rago has become a den of criminals stressing that the State Government has concluded plans to modernize the place in the shortest possible time in the best interest of the residents.
He stated that, last week’s recovery of several guns in Alaba Rago by Ojo Police Division and the revelation by drug dealers that they regularly funnel drugs through the area to several parts of the State are the more reasons government need to move swiftly to modernise the area for there to be orderliness.
He stated that after the 14-day ultimatum for the residents to temporarily relocate for the cleaning up and modernisation, the team would not listen to further excuses from the occupiers.
