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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Some unknown persons have constructed a bridge worth N20 million in a remote area in Ijebu East Local Government area of Ogun State.<\/p>\n

The bridge, it was gathered, was built across Oluwo river to link Omo Forest in Area J4 to a village in Ondo State.<\/p>\n

But, the Ogun state government has ordered the demolition of the N20 million bridge, which it termed as \u201cillegal\u201d.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST learnt that some illegal loggers, who have been engaging in illegal felling of tree, had tasked themselves to begin the construction of a bridge in the state government forest reserve.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the state Commissioner for Forestry, Hon. Tunji Akinosi was said to have led a monitoring team to Laagan village where he saw the 50-metre long bridge.<\/p>\n

A statement by the Information Officer of the Ministry, Soji Solarin, stated that the Commissioner ordered that the bridge, which is almost completed, be destroyed within two weeks.<\/p>\n

According to Akinosi, those constructing the bridge were doing so to have easy transportation of stolen state\u2019s forest resources by illegal loggers and taken away to neighbouring states.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that some unscrupulous elements are behind the illegal bridge, saying it must have gulped about N15 to N20 million.<\/p>\n

He threatened to arrest and prosecute settlers keeping illegal arms to perpetrate crimes in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cArmed soldiers would remain part of the frequent monitoring exercises in order to prevent banditry which is becoming prevalent nationwide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Some unknown persons have constructed a bridge worth N20 million in a remote area in Ijebu East Local Government area of Ogun State. The bridge, it was gathered, was built across Oluwo river to link Omo Forest in Area J4 to a village in Ondo State. 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