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The Magistrates’ Court in Oshodi, Lagos, has remanded 34 suspects for illegally occupying medians in the Ojo-Alaba Road corridor.

The Magistrates’ Court in Oshodi, Lagos, has ordered the remand of 34 individuals for the illegal occupation of medians along the Ojo-Alaba Road corridor.

Muyiwa Gbadegesin, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, made this announcement on Tuesday. He indicated that the suspects were apprehended for various offences, including trading, residing, and defecating on the road median and its adjacent setbacks.

During enforcement operations conducted on the preceding Saturday, 34 individuals, comprising 32 males and two females, were arrested for offences such as residing, trading on, and defacing the median and setbacks along the Ojo-Alaba Road corridor. They were arraigned today (Tuesday) before the Magistrate’s Court located at Bolade, Oshodi, and have been placed in custodial detention until 22 July 2025,” stated Gbadegesin in a statement disseminated via his official X account.

The operation was executed by a joint operation from LAWMA and the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, commonly referred to as KAI. The LAWMA chief emphasized that the team received assistance from the OP MESA team based at the NNS Beecroft naval base in Apapa.

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