Seven suspects arrested over illegal waste dumping in Lagos

The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has arrested seven persons accused of engaging in illegal waste disposal during an overnight enforcement operation in the Pattey area of Lagos Island.
The operation, carried out on Wednesday, forms part of the agency’s sustained crackdown on illegal waste disposal points and other environmental violations across Lagos State.
According to LAWMA, the suspects were apprehended for prosecution. They were identified as Nafisat Alabi, 30, from Kwara State; Aminullah Abdulrasheed, 49, Kwara; Segun Adeyemi, 45, Ogun; Gboyega Osuntuyi, 44, Ekiti; Segun Olowe, 26, Osun; Adebayo Ibrahim, 29, Oyo; and Stephen Ogboru, 36, Delta.
The enforcement exerci...