Lagos Closes Oshodi Market After Attack on Sanitation Workers

The Lagos State Government closed the Oshodi Resettlement Market on Tuesday. This came after some traders attacked officials from the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps during an enforcement operation.

The closure was shared in a post by Tokunbo Wahab, the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources. He announced this on the official X account of the ministry on Tuesday.

Wahab explained that the decision to shut the market was due to violent resistance from traders. They allegedly attacked the enforcement officers and blocked them from doing their jobs.

He stated, “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 commissioner did not mention when the market would reopen.