Traders plead for mercy as Lagos state government seize their goods displayed along the highway

The Lagos state government on Friday, January 5, seized goods displayed by traders along the highway.

A video shared online showed the traders pleading for mercy as their goods were being confiscated.

Posting the video online, the state Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, wrote;

“We cannot be emotional about enforcement. We have severally warned that traders should desist from displaying or selling things on the walkway, setbacks or main road. It defaces the city and majorly for people’s safety.

Early Friday, Special operatives of KAI/LAGESC again dislodged street traders operating on Agege Motor road, Old Secretariat GRA Ikeja, Awolowo way, Alausa Secretariat, Agidingbi Jakande road inward LTV 8, Ojodu Berger, Fagba road.”