The Lagos State government, on Saturday, June 27, demolished the structures that once served as administrative and recruitment office for the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) Taskforce.
The structure was located at the old tollgate axis along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
It was gathered that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode ordered the immediate demolition of the building which housed the Federal Emergency Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in the state.
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit was directed to demolish the structure last Monday but could not carry out the execute it before Saturday, due to some exigencies
Confirming the demolition, the Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Hakeem Adedeji, a Superintendent of Police, said it was ordered by the state governor.
He said: “The reason for the demolition of this place is to the best knowledge of the governor because he was the one who directed that the buildings should be pulled down for the interest of the public.”
“In fact when we arrived, we couldn’t find any federal government officials inside the building but street urchins. And there is need to avoid that. “That was why we believe that if the building is demolished, no one will convert it for as hideout.”
Adedeji said he believed that the governor must have issued the directive based on the abandonment and conversion of the facilities into hideout by miscreants.
