The agency said the exercise is part of its mandate of creating a serene and habitable environment for residents within the axis.
The operation led by the chairman, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Shola Jejeloye, was carried out in the wee hours of Sunday and lasted about six hours.
Jejeloye, who disclosed that 38 recalcitrant suspects who thought it was business as usual were arrested, said the makeshift shanties by the roadside were also demolished to ensure free vehicular movement along the route.
He warned all squatters and unscrupulous elements that try to call bluff of the agency’s activities to have a rethink and turn a new leaf or risk being prosecuted.
Jejeloye also appealed to roadside traders in the area to move their wares to the designated market complex rather than defacing the streets and roads.
He said: “Clearing of this area will be sustained for as long as it takes, till we achieve our objective of creating a society that is safe and habitable for residents and Lagosians as a whole.”
