The Lagos State Government has shut down Oshodi Resettlement Market following an attack on officers of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps during an enforcement operation in the area.
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, announced the closure on Tuesday, stating that traders in the market obstructed officials from carrying out their duties and allegedly aided hoodlums and beggars who vandalised government vehicles.
According to Wahab, officers of the environmental agency were conducting an operation to apprehend hoodlums and street beggars when they came under attack.
He said traders at the market prevented officials from making arrests and subsequently assaulted personnel, while operational vehicles belonging to the agency were damaged.
“The Oshodi Resettlement Market has been shut down. Traders at the market attacked officers and personnel of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps and prevented them from arresting hoodlums and beggars who vandalised the agency’s operational vehicles during an enforcement operation earlier today,” the commissioner said.
