Lagos to demolish buildings in Lekki for encroachment

“So, we have to just re-establish the ROA for the Ikota River, and then they have to also install the sheet piles.

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“The sheet piles is to ensure that they won’t go beyond it in future,” he said.

Sheet piles are long, thin, interlocking structural sections driven into the ground to create a continuous wall for retaining soil or water.

They are used in both temporary and permanent structures for various applications, including retaining walls, cofferdams, and waterfront structures.

He added that the sheet piles were a way of pushing them back, sanctioning them, removing what they need to remove, and then mitigating the impact on the ROA of the Ikota River.

“They have to install the sheet piles at their own cost.

“By Monday, we want to see their commitment to install the sheet piles, which should not take them more than seven days.

“Once those commitments are not there, we do what we have to do, but we have to remove it. It is obvious to even them,” he said.

On the number of houses that would be removed, the commissioner said the figure would be determined in the coming week.

“We will know by next week, but houses have to be removed on the ROA of the Ikota River,” he said.

On flash floods in some parts of the state, the commissioner appealed to residents to be patient when they experience these floods.

“When it rains heavily, I tell people every time there’s a lock-up, lock-up is basically telling you that storm water or rain water can’t discharge to the natural outlet, which is the lagoon or the Atlantic.

“So, when you have that for a few hours, the water level is high, and there will be flash flooding. The next morning, if you go to those areas, you won’t see the water anymore.

“It must have receded, and that’s what happened. So, it’s about nature and science,” Wahab sa

He appealed to residents to be patient, saying that the floods would disappear after one or two hours.

“The appeal is let us be patient. If you have no emergency, you can still stay where you are.

“After one or two hours, the water body will leave the road or the space for you,” he said.