The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office has shut down the Yakoyo Abula Joint Restaurant in Victoria Island for unlawfully releasing untreated wastewater and oil into public drainage channels.
Officials closed the establishment on Tuesday morning after detecting intentional discharges that blocked drains and created risks of waterborne diseases.
The Commissioner for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, revealed the development in a post on his X handle.
He wrote, “The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO), this morning, sealed off Yakoyo Abula Joint Restaurant, at 134 Sinari Daranijo Street, Victoria Island, for the deliberate discharge of untreated wastewater, fats and oil into public drains, thereby clogging the drains and constituting public nuisance, environmental pollution and posing significant risks to human health.”
The closure is part of the government’s ongoing enforcement campaign under #ZeroToleranceLagos, which has targeted eateries and properties violating environmental laws in the state.
According to reports, on Monday that the government had sealed a building in the Lekki Peninsula area on Sunday for discharging untreated wastewater onto a public road.
Wahab noted that the wastewater discharge was damaging the road and constituting a public nuisance.
He added that the act also amounted to environmental pollution and posed a hazard to residents.