Lagos police threaten prosecution of Ile-Epo traders over sanitation violations

Traders at Ile-Epo Market in Lagos State risk prosecution for violating environmental sanitation regulations and engaging in illegal roadside trading, the police have warned.
The Station Officer of Oke-Odo Police Station, Inspector Ernest Ekeoba, issued the warning during a weekly meeting with traders and market leaders in the Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area.
Ekeoba, who addressed the traders alongside other security officers, warned that offenders caught violating environmental sanitation and trading regulations would face the full weight of the law, including prosecution. He particularly cautioned traders against displaying foodstuffs and other goods along roadsides, ...