The Lagos State government on Monday arrested a man for converting his residence to an illegal abattoir.
Tokunbo Wahab, the commissioner for environment and water resources said officials of the Lagos Ministry of Environment arrested the man at the Iju area of the state.
In a statement issued on Monday, Wahab said the man had turned his residential building located on Alfred Williams Street, Iju Station into an abattoir.
According to him, the man’s action followed the recent closure of the Oko Oba Abattoir in Agege.
He said the man whose identity was yet to be disclosed carried out the slaughtering and processing of animals in unhygienic conditions.
He said the action of the man has also endangered residents of the community who raised an alarm on the matter.
He said, “Following reports from a concerned citizen, our enforcement team has taken immediate action at No. 12, Alfred Williams Street in Iju Station. The property owner had illegally converted his residence into an abattoir following the closure of the Oko Oba Abattoir, endangering the entire neighbourhood through unhygienic practices and profiting from this reckless operation.
“The suspect is now in custody, and the premises have been sealed. This swift response demonstrates our zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of environmental violations, whether in designated facilities or residential areas,” Wahab wrote in a statement posted on X.