Lagos seals two properties, others over wastewater discharge

The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) has sealed disconnected 2 properties successful Ikotun and different facilities successful Ajah implicit the discharge of untreated wastewater into the environment.

A connection by the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said the enforcement enactment was carried retired connected Wednesday, April 15, 2026, astatine No. 13, Oritola Street and No. 1, Temitope Street, Pipeline, Ikotun, pursuing repeated complaints from residents, anterior warnings, and confirmed findings from investigations.

Authorities said the affected properties were recovered to beryllium releasing untreated wastewater done pipes onto the roads, a concern that persisted contempt earlier interventions and was considered a nationalist nuisance.

“The contiguous concern which remains unabated showed that the properties were deliberately releasing untreated wastewater into the situation done pipes onto the roads, thereby constituting nationalist nuisance,” the connection said.

In a related cognition the aforesaid day, the bureau besides unopen down a nationalist toilet and a mechanic store on Badore Road, Ajah, for discharging wastewater indiscriminately into nationalist drains and the surrounding environment.

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