13 arrested over illegal street trading in Lagos

Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has arrested 13 radical for allegedly engaging successful thoroughfare trading astatine unauthorised locations crossed the state, including Festac, Mile 2 and Ikorodu.

The arrests were disclosed successful a connection issued connected Tuesday by LAWMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Mukaila Sanusi, PhD.

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said the arrests followed enforcement operations conducted astatine the locations betwixt Monday, October 12, and Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

Gbadegesin stressed that roads, walkways, medians, roadworthy setbacks and different nationalist spaces indispensable stay cleanable and accessible, informing traders against utilizing specified areas for activities that interfere with their intended purposes. He urged them to behaviour their businesses lone successful designated and approved markets.

Those arrested during Monday’s operations successful Festac and Mile 2 were identified arsenic Joy Opeyemi, Abigail Manga, Chinasa Eze, Saika Taira, AbdulRasheed Elinu, Charles Nwango, Mustapha Abubakar, Aliyu Garba, Kazinu Umar, Moses Idara, Ahmed Yinusa, Yusuf Usman and Amaka Chukunju....