A Lagos magistrate’s court in Bolade, Oshodi, has remanded 34 individuals in a correctional facility until July 22 for street trading on the median of the Alaba Rago-Ojo section of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

The defendants, comprising 32 men and two women, were apprehended during a joint operation by operatives of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) and the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) as part of a cleaning and clearing exercise along the Alaba Rago-Ojo road.

Officials noted that traders had overtaken the median and erected illegal structures. Among those arrested were miscreants allegedly using makeshift sheds on the median for shelter and criminal activities.

The accused individuals, who were arraigned in court, include Ibrahim Abu, 35; Isiaka Ashafa, 31; Shaibu Isa, 55; Abubakar Haruna, 29; Aminu Haruna, 21; Aminu Abdullahi, 20; Zakariyahu Yahusa, 50; Sunmola Musa, 25; Samsideen Ali, 21; Anthony Oyibo, 68; Abubakar Yusuf, 25; Muhammed Oseni, 27; Aliu Mohammed, 45; Lookman Adebayo, 43; Igudu Ibrahim, 25; Awalu Umar, 25; Sani Babangida, 25; Abdullahi Usman, 24; Aliu Ibrahim, 25; Roland David, 19; David Timothy, 18; Yusuf Adamu, 23; Abdulsalam Sanusi, 25; Nura Yusuf, 25; Idris Isa, 23; Nasiru Ali, 25; Mayi Daniel, 22; Isaac Samuel, 25; Yahaya Mamuda, 18; Salisu Ibrahim, 28; Yusuf Adamu, 20; Abdullahi Musa, 20; Fadipe Bose, 33; and Ebere Ndubuisi, 35.

Commenting on the arrests, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, reiterated the government’s commitment to enforcing laws against street trading and other deviant behaviours.

Wahab urged residents to uphold standards of decency and contribute to building a cleaner and more sustainable Lagos.