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Babajide Sanwo-Olu had, on March 27, given the traders a three-day ultimatum to vacate or risk demolition of their shops.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that as early as 9.00 a.m. on Friday, April 29, the Lagos State Taskforce had moved to the site with their bulldozers, and began demolishing the shops.<\/p>\n<p>Security officials could be seen assembled at the foot of the burnt bridge in their patrol vehicles, monitoring the demolition of the shops and other structures.<\/p>\n<p>Other shop owners and traders in the shops across the road from the bridge were not allowed to open for business.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) personnel were on the ground to clear the rubble from the demolished structures into their waiting vans.<\/p>\n<p>One of the displaced shop owners, Mr Theophilus Best, said that they could not fight the government for demolishing the shops, adding that he, however, prayed that the government would relocate them to a new site.<\/p>\n<p>Best, who is a wholesale of margarine\/butter trader, said that since the fire incident, he had been sharing a shop with his friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe once there is life, there is hope for me and others affected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Another affected trader, Mr Ifeanyi Okoye, who sells baking ingredients, appealed to the state government to relocate them to a new site where they would continue their trading.<\/p>\n<p>Okoye said that since the government announced its intention to demolish the shops at the site, he had packed some of his goods that were not affected by the fire to a temporary site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Government (LASG) on Friday demolished shops and other structures constructed under the burnt Apongbon Bridge on Lagos Island. 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