21 People Don Get 44 Months Community Service For Street Trading For Lagos

Lagos State Task Force don announce say dem don sentence 21 people wey dem arrest for street trading, illegal bus stop operation, unauthorized ticketing, and blocking of public road. Di people wey dem catch, 15 men and six women, chop total 44 months of community service from mobile court after serious clean-up operation for Iyana-Iba and Ojo side. According to di Task Force spokesperson, Raheem Gbadeyan, di exercise target traders and transport people wey don turn major roads and pedestrian walkway to market and illegal loading zone. All di goods wey dem display for road, dem seize am.

Gbadeyan still talk say di operation cover Iyana-Iba and nearby areas, where some stubborn traders don return go dey sell for di newly constructed Lagos-Badagry Expressway, dey cause obstruction and environmental wahala. All di suspects wey dem arrest face mobile court sharp sharp, and di court find dem guilty, sentence dem to two months community service for Badagry Correctional Centre. Dem also talk say all di goods dem seize don be government property based on Lagos Environmental Sanitation Law of 2017 and Transport Reform Law of 2018. Task Force Chairman, CSP Adetayo Akerele, warn residents say make dem stop anything wey go block traffic or cause danger, say street trading and illegal bus stop dey delay movement and go bring punishment.