Wahab, using his official X account, claimed that the squatters' threat was a significant contributing cause to the area's recurring flooding.
He said that landowners who erected buildings on purpose that prevent the water in the area from flowing freely would be forced to remove them.
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Tokunbo Wahab, the Lagos State Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, apologized during a Channels Television interview on Thursday.
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A local who recorded the flood on camera was heard pleading for assistance from the Federal Government and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike.
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The local governor told AFP on Monday that a dam burst in a community north of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, killing at least 42 people.
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