Lagos Orders Closure Of Lekki Conservation Centre

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In a new development, the Lagos State Safety Commission has been ordered by the State Government to immediately close the Lekki Conservation Centre.

The sudden decision to close the 78-hectare natural resource conservation centre was a result of a viral video online showing the current state of the facility.

In a Facebook post made on Monday by the Commission, it says, “Following the viral social media post on the State of the facility at the Lekki Conservation Centre, the Lagos State Government through its agency, Lagos State Safety Commission has directed the immediate closure of the facility and ordered immediate and extensive repairs on affected areas.”

Lekki Conservation Centre established in 1990 was captured in a video shared by an X user Chude Nnamdi who was lamenting the state of the canopy walk bridge and drawing visitors’ attention to the damaged parts.

“I have been here many times and the previous year will be a testimony to that.

“This is 49ft above the ground, not even the ground, a swamp look at what I saw, look at this. I mean if anyone falls from here, God forbid what can happen.

“This has been there for quite a long time, this is a place known to house crocodiles and all sorts,” he said in the viral video.

[SA]