Lagos: LAWMA arrests resident for dumping refuse into drain during rainfall

The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has arrested a nonmigratory of Meiran, Lagos State, for allegedly disposing of garbage into a drainage transmission during rainfall.

The fishy was apprehended successful a associated cognition involving the LAWMA Enforcement Team, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known arsenic KAI, and mobile constabulary officers attached to the enforcement team.

The resident, identified arsenic a idiosyncratic surviving astatine No. 13, Lanre Adefiranye Street, Baale Bus Stop, Meiran, was arrested pursuing a tip-off received by the enforcement team.

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, disclosed the improvement successful a station connected his authoritative X relationship on Wednesday.

According to Gbadegesin, the enforcement squad received accusation alleging that the nonmigratory was dumping garbage into a drainage transmission portion rainfall was ongoing.

He said the fishy was caught astatine the determination and subsequently taken to the KAI office for prosecution.

Gbadegesin stated, “A associated enforcement cognition involving the LAWMA Enforcement Team, ...