13 arrested over illegal street trading in Lagos

Lagos Waste Control Authority, LAWMA, has arrested 13 other folks for allegedly enticing in side road buying and selling at unauthorised places around the state, together with Festac, Mile 2 and Ikorodu.

The arrests have been disclosed in a remark issued on Tuesday by way of LAWMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Mukaila Sanusi, PhD.

The Managing Director and Leader Government Officer of the company, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, mentioned the arrests adopted enforcement operations performed on the places between Monday, October 12, and Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

Gbadegesin wired that roads, walkways, medians, street setbacks and different public areas should stay blank and obtainable, caution investors towards the usage of such spaces for actions that intrude with their meant functions. He instructed them to behavior their companies most effective in designated and licensed markets.

The ones arrested right through Monday’s operations in Festac and Mile 2 have been recognized as Pleasure Opeyemi, Abigail Manga, Chinasa Eze, Saika Taira, AbdulRasheed Elinu, Charles Nwango, Mustapha Abubakar, Aliyu Garba, Kazinu Umar, Moses Idara, Ahmed Yinusa, Yusuf Usman and Amaka Chukunju.

On Tuesday, LAWMA’s Undertaking WISE crew, running along officers of Kick Towards Indiscipline, KAI, and law enforcement officials, performed some other enforcement workout in Ikorodu.

The operation focused investors running markets in unauthorised places and ended in the apprehension of offenders.

The LAWMA leader government mentioned the workout was once meant to revive order, implement environmental rules and save you the obstruction of public areas. He added that the company would proceed tracking the affected spaces to forestall investors from returning to the prohibited places.

Gbadegesin famous that side road buying and selling in unauthorised spaces contributed to unlawful dumping, blocked get admission to, dysfunction and different environmental nuisances, thereby undermining efforts to handle a blank and habitable setting.

“Public roads and walkways should stay transparent and obtainable. We will be able to maintain enforcement towards unauthorised buying and selling. We urge investors and citizens to make use of licensed markets,” he mentioned.