Lagos govt shuts Oshodi Resettlement Market after clash with sanitation officers

Lagos State Government has ordered the contiguous closure of the Oshodi Resettlement Market pursuing a convulsive clash betwixt traders and officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps during an enforcement cognition successful the area.

The enforcement exercise, aimed astatine restoring bid and curbing the activities of suspected hoodlums and beggars wrong the marketplace environment, reportedly turned chaotic aft traders resisted the apprehension of individuals targeted successful the operation.

According to reports, the confrontation escalated erstwhile immoderate traders attempted to obstruct the exercise, starring to a breakdown of instrumentality and bid and forcing enforcement officers to retreat from the scene.

During the unrest, operational vehicles belonging to the sanitation corps were besides vandalised by aggrieved traders.

Authorities said the closure of the marketplace became indispensable to forestall further escalation, reconstruct calm, and support nationalist infrastructure pursuing the di...