KAI For The Good Of Lagosians

KAI Marshal General, Captain Danjuma Maigeri (retd) has disclosed that the operations of his brigade are for the betterment of the Lagos environment and that the organisation would continue its work of restoring the beauty of Lagos by uprooting the vestige of environmental decadence where it manifests.

Meigari stated this in a press release made available to Lagos Bulletin by Mr. Tunde Olusesi, spokesperson of the organisation, while reacting to allegations from some quarters that majority of a particular ethnic group bear the brunt of KAI operations in the state.

He said the Brigade’s actions were influenced by proactive thinking while its actions are objectives are in the interest of all Nigerians.

He said the outfit is not an instrument of repression, but the response of the Lagos State government to the pervasive environmental decadence that pre-dated the present democratic dispensation in the state. Maigeri added that the Brigade is the institutional expression of the state government’s intolerance for unwholesome environment practices.

The KAI boss stressed further that Lagos before the administration of Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu which was regarded as one of the dirtiest, most disorganised and insecure cities in Africa, is now rated as one of the cleanest, well-organised and secure cities in Africa.

He said the reference to ethnicity in the operations of KAI was unfounded, because Lagos State is one of the most liberal governments in a country. He added that the state will continue to pride itself as a genuine mega city where non- indigenes serve sensitive state organisations and even hold key positions.

He said: “In line with the mission of making the Lagos environment clean and secure, KAI has successfully sanitised the notorious illegal Oshodi market which was mostly populated by Yoruba traders, KAI also has refused to be bugged down with ethnic considerations when its brigade cleared the illegal fowls (Aladiye) market between Palmgrove and Onipanu as well as Ketu, Mile-12, Ajelogo, Oluwole, Oyingbo and Ilubinrin among others. “It is noteworthy that all these unauthorised business points were heavily populated by Yoruba and Hausa traders.”

—Paul Sanusi