LAWMA Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Muyiwa Gbadegesin. Photo: LAWMA

The Lagos Waste Management Authority has arrested a resident of Meiran, Lagos State, for allegedly dumping refuse into a drainage channel during rainfall.

The arrest was carried out by a joint enforcement team comprising the LAWMA Enforcement Team, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as KAI, and mobile police officers attached to the team.

The suspect, a resident of No. 13, Lanre Adefiranye Street, Baale Bus Stop, Meiran, was arrested following a tip-off received by the enforcement team.

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, disclosed this in a post on his official X account on Wednesday.