Ogun state government has demolished all shanties and makeshift structures at the Akute Under Bridge and on the wall of the fence of Zumuratul Primary School also in Akute with a warning to traditional rulers not to use their position to illegally allocate setbacks and open spaces in their domain to traders for commercial gains.
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment, Alhaji Farook Akintunde gave the warning when he led the state Taskforce on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement to demolish all the shanties and makeshift structures in the area.
Akintunde said the demolition became necessary following a petition sent to the state government by the Anigilage Community Association and the management of Zumuratul Primary School on the illegal allocation of the spaces at the Akute Underbridge and on the walls of school by the traditional ruler of the area for commercial gains.