The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it has secured the conviction of 16 environmental offenders for illegal waste disposal and other sanitation-related offences.
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This is as the agency reaffirmed its commitment to sustained enforcement of environmental laws across the state.
According to a Tuesday statement by the Lagos State Government, the offenders “were arraigned before the Oshodi Special Offences and Mobile Court on Monday, July 6, 2026, for various environmental infractions, including dumping waste at unauthorised locations across Lagos.”
The court “sentenced each of the 16 convicts to four months’ imprisonment, comprising one month on each of four counts bordering on indiscriminate waste disposal, failure to patronise assigned Private Sector Participants (PSPs), breach of environmental sanitation laws and other related offences.”
