Lagos State Government on Monday issued a quit notice to all the traders with containerised stores and other forms of stalls recently gutted by fire at Oke-Arin/Ebute-Ero market beneath Eko Bridge to relocate with immediate effect.

The State Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello directed that all the traders, including those not affected by the fire incident of last Sunday, must move from the location.

Bello affirmed that everyone engaged in trading activities beneath the Eko Bridge, irrespective of the structure, is affected by the order.

He noted that the State Government cannot fold its arms and watch the lives of the majority of the residents being exposed to avoidable dangers, stressing that the trading activities under the bridge are having an adverse effect on the integrity of Eko Bridge.