Fire, smog at the Olushosun Ojota dumpsite in Lagos as the Lagos State Government comes under fire

The Olushosun dumpsite which is located in Ojota Lagos State, Nigeria, is in a very bad state. The fire and smog has left the area polluted which has led to poor visibility and environmental hazard.

In recent times residents of Lagos, have been complaining of the poor waste disposal methods that the Lagos State government are currently using, which has not been able to properly dispose waste in the mega city. This has led to a more dirty, untidy and hazardous Lagos.

A BBC Yoruba reporter was recently assaulted by officials from the Lagos State Ministry for Environment as he was reporting on the fire and smog at the Ojota dumpsite. This is according to a tweet by Nigerian BBC reporter 'Stephanie Hegarty' (@stephhegarty) who later went on to say "They seized his phone and deleted his footage - what are they trying to hide?

Yesterday my colleague @realdejiajayi from BBC Yoruba was assaulted by officials from Lagos State Ministry for Environment as he was reporting on the fire and smog at Ojota dumpsite. They seized his phone and deleted his footage - what are they trying to hide?
— Stephanie Hegarty (@stephhegarty) March 20, 2018

A twitter user 'Adedeji Ajayi (realdejiajayi) later posted a 17 seconds video of Olushosun dumpsite and quoted the tweet saying: "What is the Lagos government hiding about #Olushosun dumpsite?