The Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the Oshodi Resettlement Market after officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps were reportedly attacked during an enforcement operation.
The closure was disclosed on Tuesday in a post shared on the official X account of the State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab.
According to the commissioner, the decision followed violent resistance from traders who allegedly assaulted enforcement officers and disrupted their activities during the operation.
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He wrote, “Oshodi Resettlement Market, Oshodi has been shut down. Traders at the market attacked officers and personnel of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, prevented them from arresting hoodlums and beggars who vandalised the agency’s operational vehicles during an enforcement operation earlier today.”
The statement added that no timeline has been given for the reopening of the market.
