LAGOS TO PROSECUTE STAFF OF NIGHTCLUB FOR ATTACK ON LASEPA OFFICIALS
The Lagos State Government has vowed to
prosecute all the 11 employees of 10 POTS Night Club, 2A Admiralty Way, Lekki who assaulted state officials and also broke the seal of LASEPA and the property owners. The State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on Sunday .
The Commissioner spoke in the aftermath of the arrest of the 11 employees (four male, seven female) of 10POTS Night Club arrested for the attack on state officials who had earlier sealed the premises for noise pollution.
He added that they will all be arraigned before appropriate courts of law on Monday as well as the property owner to serve as a deterrence to others who might consider embracing such illegal options
The arrested employees removed the seal of LASEPA which was used to secure the premises between 11.11 am and 11.33 am on Saturday, October 14 following enforcement activities
By 12.44 pm when LASEPA operatives returned to the Club, it had been reopened and back to business. Attempts to reseal the premises were violently resisted by the staffers, inflicting bodily harm on state officials, and necessitating the call for reinforcement of security