Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency (Taskforce), has denied allegations that its officials are involved in land grabbing in the state.
The response was in reaction to an online publication accusing its hierarchy of involvement in land-grabbing activities and violation of fundamental human rights of certain individuals in a land dispute.
The Chairman of the Agency, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Shola Jejeloye, said the publication was false.
He said the Agency remains committed to upholding the law, protecting of property and life of members of the public as well as supporting the eradication of the activities of land grabbers in the state.
Jejeloye disclosed that the event, which the publication referred to, was one of the numerous operations where officials of the Agency were present to forestall the breakdown of law and order between the parties involved.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I would like to state that officers of the Lagos State Taskforce are disciplined and dedicated men of honour, who carry out our duties with the highest degree of professionalism and courtesy. Operations whose aim was to compel compliance are not people friendly, that is why we usually get misinterpreted and accused wrongly,” he said.
The chairman appealed to newsmen to carry out a thorough investigation and hear from both parties to put out balanced reports to the public instead of half-truths being circulated.
He assured Lagosians that the Agency would carry on with its activities of sanitising the environment and completely bringing to a halt illegal activities of land grabbers in the state as mandated by law
