The Lagos State Government on Saturday handed over a police station it constructed to the Marine Division of the force in Epe. The News Agency of Nigeria reports the old police station is to be demolished by the state government to pave the way for a road project in the local government area. Speaking at the handing-over ceremony, Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Infrastructure, Olufemi Daramola, said the planned demolition of the old station and construction of a new one was to enable government promptly deliver the expansion of Awolowo Way-Ita Marina road project.
Daramola, represented by Permanent Secretary, Ayodele Somide, said the old police station was marked for demolition because it was standing in the way of the ongoing project. Daramola said that the expansion of segment five of the project required redesign of the existing vertical and horizontal curves on the road alignment. This, according to him, necessitated the relocation of the existing Epe Marine Police post and some other structures on the new road alignment.
“Taking into cognisance the security implications, a new Marine Police Post had to be built to accommodate police officers. “This is the only outstanding challenge to the full completion of the rehabilitation/upgrade of the strategic arterial/inner roads (Phase II) in Epe L.G.
A, which is currently at 95 per cent completion”, he said. He said the expansion of the road and other inner city roads in the town had become inevitable to.
