{"id":374272,"date":"2025-06-28T15:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T15:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/06\/28\/84-suspects-apprehended-in-lagos-clean-up-exercise\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T15:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T15:13:24","slug":"84-suspects-apprehended-in-lagos-clean-up-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/06\/28\/84-suspects-apprehended-in-lagos-clean-up-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"84 Suspects Apprehended In Lagos Clean-Up Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Taskforce has apprehended 84 individuals amid its ongoing enforcement and clean-up efforts in the Agege area.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Tokunbo Wahab, the state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, shared this update on his official X account.<\/p>\n<p>Wahab explained that the state Environmental Taskforce began the enforcement operation on Friday as part of initiatives to improve environmental cleanliness across the state.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: Lagos Shuts Oko-Oba Abattoir Over Environmental Violations<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cThe areas visited during the operation includes: railway corridor (Ojurin), Isale Oja, Oke koto, AP in Agege area, and other adjoining streets where the presence of some undesirable elements was noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the raid exercise, a total number of 84 suspects were arrested which comprises 82 males and two females. All the suspects will be charged to court accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, Managing Director and CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, revealed that the Authority\u2019s special enforcement team, along with the Ministry of Environment\u2019s special squad, arrested several illegal street traders in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, and Lekki Phase 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team cleared illegal street traders and removed waste dumped at unauthorised locations\u2014part of our ongoing effort to tackle environmental infractions, improve city cleanliness, and enforce existing sanitation laws. This action follows several warnings previously issued to offenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll individuals apprehended have been handed over to the Environmental Task Force mobile court at Bolade, Oshodi for proper documentation and prosecution,\u201d Gbadegesin said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-infor-trackid=\"966303\" data-infor-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2783065472\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/300x250@2x.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"600\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Taskforce has apprehended 84 individuals amid its ongoing enforcement and clean-up efforts in the Agege area. 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