Lagos to prosecute 11 Lekki night club staff for brutalising LASEPA officials

The Lagos State Government on Sunday 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.

Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab, who spoke in the aftermath of the arrest of the 11 employees (4 male, 7 female) of 10POTS Night Club who were arrested after brutalizing the state officials who had earlier sealed the premises for noise pollution.

He added that they would 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 11.11am and 11.33am on Saturday October 14 following enforcement activities.

By 12.44pm 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, necessitating the call for reinforcement of security.