Some suspected hoodlums who attacked government officials on the second day of the enforcement operation at Jakande Estate, Lekki have been arrested by security operatives.
According to the statement by the Commissioner of Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab stated that the state government will be charging them to court immediately.
According to Tokunbo Wahab, “during the enforcement operation of the joint team of Enforcement Officers from the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the Special Taskforce on Environmental Offences led by Mr Shola Jejeloye yesterday in Jakande Estate, about 7 criminals were arrested for unlawful possession of arms and assaulting the enforcement officials.
They have been handed over to the appropriate authority for prosecution,” he said.