Lagos seals Ladipo market over environmental violations

The Lagos State Government has sealed Ladipo Spare Parts Market along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road (Apapa–Oshodi Expressway) over alleged repeated environmental infractions.

The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, announced this in a post shared on his X handle on Sunday, February 7.

He wrote

“Lagos State government, this morning, sealed Ladipo Spare Parts Market along Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road (Apapa–Oshodi Expressway) over repeated environmental infractions; indiscriminate refuse disposal on the median/highway and illegal street trading. #ZeroToleranceLagos.”

The market has in the past shut down on several occasion of the same environmental infraction.