The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has arrested no fewer than five parents after their children were caught on camera emptying waste in drainages.
The parents were arrested in Aboru Area of Lagos State on Sunday, October 27.
This arrest was effected by the state government as part of her efforts to stop the incessant flood recorded in the state.
The state government, in a statement, disclosed the intention of the state to prosecute the parents of the children according to the tenets of the law.
Meanwhile, the agency over the weekend raided all streets within Central Business District, including surroundings of the ‘African Shrine’, Alausa, Ikeja.
The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, said the enforcement operations became imperative following complaints from members of the påublic about the criminal activities of miscreants and environmental nuisance of illegal street traders around the Shrine.
