Protesters today Monday blocked the Third Mainland Bridge, from the Oworonshoki axis, in reaction to the ongoing demolition exercise.
The takeover of the major bridge connecting Lagos Mainland to Lagos Island triggered a mammoth gridlock.
Protest citizens vowed not to vacate the bridge until the heavy demolition bulldozers were withdrawn from their communities and the demolition halted.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, arrived sometime after the demonstration began and held conversations with the protesters.
The protesters blocked the inward lane of the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, in reaction to the demolition of houses in Oworonshoki by the state government.
The demonstration, which began at dawn, caused heavy traffic gridlock as commuters and motorists were forced to divert to alternative routes into the mainland.
Residents, who turned out in large numbers, accused the state government of carrying out the exercise without adequate notice or compensation, leaving many families displaced.
The demolition, which started in the early hours of Saturday, was executed by a combined enforcement team of the Lagos State government, targeting unapproved structures along the Lekki and Iyana Oworonshoki coastal lines..
Security operatives were later deployed to disperse the protesters and restore order, reopening the blocked lane to traffic.
