Lagos State Government has reiterated that residents are free to move during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, stressing that there is no policy restricting movement and that any arrest based solely on movement is illegal.
Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made the clarification on Saturday in a post on X while responding to a user, Faveo Autos, who sought clarification over an alleged arrest linked to the sanitation exercise at the Ikeja Police Station.
The X user had written, “What is the fine for movement during environmental…”
Responding, Wahab stated that the state government had not authorised the restriction of movement during the exercise and warned that arrests carried out on that basis were unlawful.
“For clarity, there is no restriction on movement during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. Consequently, arresting anyone on the basis of movement during the exercise is unlawful and does not represent the position or policy of the Lagos State Government,” he said.
