LAWMA arraigns seven for allegedly assaulting operatives

The Lagos Waste Administration Authority has arraigned seven suspects earlier than the Particular Offences (Cellular) Courtroom sitting within the Ikeja Magisterial District for allegedly assaulting its enforcement operatives.

The defendants, based on a LAWMA assertion on Wednesday, had been Olamilekan Abdullahi (21), Akeem Olamilekan (24), Frank Tom (25), Sakiru Jamiu (20), Emmanuel Abiodun (41), Olarewanju Onyowale (35) and Taiwo Yusuf (30). It added that the suspects had been apprehended by LAWMA enforcement personnel on 8 March 2026, throughout the Moshalashi-Jimoh axis in Lagos Island, throughout routine monitoring towards indiscriminate waste disposal.

“They had been subsequently arraigned on 10 March 2026, earlier than the Particular Offences (Cellular) Courtroom, Ikeja, within the matter of Lawyer-Common of Lagos State v. Olamilekan Abdullahi & six others. The prosecution charged the defendants with a five-count cost bordering on conduct more likely to trigger a breach of peace, indiscriminate dumping of refuse at an unapproved location, failure to patronise an authorised personal sector participant waste operator, obstruction of officers within the discharge of their duties, and assault. All seven defendants pleaded not responsible to the costs once they had been learn earlier than the courtroom,” the assertion learn partially.

It added that the courtroom thereafter adjourned the case to 24 April 2026 for trial and admitted the defendants to bail within the sum of N200,000 every with two accountable sureties, considered one of whom should be a recognised neighborhood chief, whereas the opposite should be a gainfully employed relative.

In accordance with the assertion, the defendants had been remanded in a correctional facility pending the fulfilment of the bail situations.

LAWMA warned that obstruction or assault of enforcement personnel constitutes a critical offence underneath the legal guidelines of Lagos State, reiterating that acts able to undermining environmental enforcement operations could be firmly addressed via applicable authorized channels.

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