[News] Lagos state govt arrest bar operators in Lekki for breaking govt seal and returning to full operation

The Lagos state government has arrested operators of Kingfisher, a bar in the Lekki area of the state, for breaking a seal placed on their restaurant and returning to full operation.

 

The state government had sealed up the restaurant/bar a few days ago, for committing some infractions.

 

Sharing an update on his handle this morning, the Special Assistant to Lagos state governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, said

‘’While on a routine compliance assessment of sealed facilities last night, the Commissioner of Environment, Mr Tokunbo Wahab and GM LASEPA, Dr Tunde Ajayi discovered that Kingfisher, a restaurant at Lekki had broken the government seals and were running operations at full scale.

 

The Governor’s monitoring team provided security backup, and two managers were arrested at about 12:30 am with the help of the CSO to the Governor.

 

They will be charged to court today and face the maximum consequence of their actions.”