THE LAGOS STATE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICE (LSWMO), YESTERDAY, SEALED OFF SOME BUILDINGS/PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STATE OVER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFRACTIONS.(PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO), yesterday, sealed off some buildings/properties across the state over different environmental infractions. They are; * A property on 34, Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island for deliberate discharge of raw sewage into the public drain causing offensive odour and sewage flowing in the community, constituting public nuisance, environmental pollution and endangering human life. * A block of Shops along Powerline Road, Meiran, Alimosho, for the illegal construction and operation of unsanitary toilet facility on a road setback without a permit, constituting public nuisance, environmental pollution and endangering human life. * A three-storey building at 38, Adeniji Adele Street, Lagos Island for deliberate discharge of raw sewage into the public drain. * A building at H29, House of Jesus Street, Langbasa, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, for the deliberate discharge of raw sewage into the public drains. Residents are urged to adopt proper wastewater mana...
A top investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,on June 24,2017 escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen opened fire on him in Port Garcourt,Rivers State.Mr Austin Okwor an operative in the Property Fraud Section of the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt,had closed late for the day and as he left office,he was suddenly accosted by a gang of daredevil hoodlums who opened fire on him.Luckily for him,he was able to shake off his assailants but not without sustaining some bullet wounds as they kept firing at him.He was rushed to a private hospital in Port Harcourt where he is receiving treatment.According to Ishaq Salihu,Head of the Zonal office,the incident has already been reported to the Police in Port Harcourt.Okwor is one of the operatives investigating some sensitives cases including that pertaining to corrupt judicial officials.Before the incident underlines the hazards which operatives of the Commission are daily exposed to in the discharge of their duties.In 2010,precisely September 14,the head of the Commission's Forensic Unit,Abdullahi Muazu was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Kaduna.Six months earlier a team of prosecutors returning to Enugu after a court appearance in Owerri,Imo state was attacked by gunmen who opened fire on them.Sergeant Eze Edoga the police escort was cut down while a senior counsel with the Commission,Joseph Uzor was critically wounded but survived.
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