Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, in conjunction with Operation Military Emergency Security Assistance (OP-MESA), this morning, shut down UACN quarters on Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.


It also shut down Molaplace Nigeria Limited, Ojota, over ‘environmental nuisance’. The UAC quarters was shut because sewage effluents from the quarters are discharged into the drainage channel on the Bourdillon Road. Residents of the quarters were chased out by LASEPA officials and OP-MESA while the facility manager, Mr. Tope Olaiye, fled. The closure of the property, P.M.NEWS gathered, was ordered by the Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Muiz Banire, as it violated LASEPA Ethics Number 9 of 1996.

The team was led by the assistant enforcement officer, LASEPA, Mr. Kayode Bello. According to LASEPA General Manager, Mr. Rasheed Shabi, the property would remain closed until UACN complies with the environmental law of the state by halting the discharge of sewage effluents into the drainage. He warned that any breach of the directive would be visited with stiffer sanctions against the company and its officials. Also, this morning, Molaplace Nig. Ltd, Ojota, was shut for non-submission of environmental assessment report, non-payment of mandatory environmental charges since 2005 and poor spent oil management.

About 200 staff of the company were evicted by the military men and LASEPA officials before the place was shut. However, staff of the company complained about the poor welfare of the staff, adding that some of them that had worked for eight years were being paid N15,000 per month.

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