The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has sealed several facilities, including a church and a food-processing shop, over repeated violations of noise and air pollution regulations in the Ifako-Ijaiye and Igando areas of the state.
The agency disclosed this in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, following an enforcement operation conducted on Monday.
Among the sealed premises were the Cherubim and Seraphim (King of Kings) Church located in Georgius Cole Estate, Ifako-Ijaiye; a fufu-processing shop cited for heat and air pollution; and Tyonex Nigeria Limited on LASU–Isheri Road, Igando, for environmental nuisance.
LASEPA’s General Manager, Babatunde Ajayi, said the enforcement exercise was part of ongoing efforts to safeguard public health and restore environmental sanity across Lagos.
Ajayi noted that the agency had received multiple complaints from residents about persistent noise from the church despite several warnings.
“The Cherubim and Seraphim Church has been operating illegally within a residential estate in Ifako-Ijaiye, and residents have lodged several complaints over unabated noise infractions,” he said.
The LASEPA boss stressed that while freedom of worship is guaranteed by law, such rights must not infringe on the peace and health of others.
“As much as there is freedom of worship in the state, no individual or association is allowed to violate the rights of others or negatively impact their health in the name of religious activities,” Ajayi added.
He reaffirmed the agency’s zero-tolerance stance on environmental pollution of any form.
This development follows a similar enforcement action by the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office, which recently sealed the sewage and wastewater treatment facility of Yaba College of Technology for allegedly discharging raw sewage into the environment after ignoring several warning
