Lagos State Government has arrested 12 suspected environmental offenders in separate enforcement operations across Lagos Island, Yaba and Ikorodu, as authorities intensify efforts to combat indiscriminate waste disposal and other environmental violations.
The arrests were carried out by the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, in collaboration with the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, Corps as part of the state’s ongoing campaign to improve environmental sanitation and enforce compliance with waste management regulations.
Speaking on the operations, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said the agency’s Project WISE Enforcement Team apprehended 11 suspects during surveillance exercises conducted on Lagos Island and around the Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, axis.
According to him, the suspects were arrested for offences including indiscriminate waste disposal, illegal scavenging and other environmental infractions.
The suspects were identified as Onasanya Josphine (arrested in Yaba), Godspower, Lucky Osaigie, Goodness John, Rasheed Abass, Yaya Cidi, Abubakar Amosu, Monday Lawal, Sanni A. Sanni, Opere Badmus and Usman Nasir.
Gbadegesin disclosed that the suspects had been taken into custody and would be prosecuted in line with the environmental laws of Lagos State.
In a separate enforcement exercise in Ikorodu, the LAWMA boss said operatives of the KAI Corps arrested a school security guard after a concerned resident allegedly caught him emptying the contents of a waste bin into a drainage channel in front of the school where he worked.
The suspect, identified as John Ehidreme, has also been taken into custody and is expected to face prosecution under the relevant
