Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, and the Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Lagos State, Gbadamosi Babatunde, have engaged in a heated exchange on X over the state's waste management efforts.

The clash followed a video posted by Wahab showing him and other Lagos State Government officials clearing refuse as part of a sanitation drive across parts of the state.

Reacting to the video, Gbadamosi questioned the scale and intent of the exercise, accusing the government of failing to properly address the state's refuse problem.

"There are rubbish piles all over Ikorodu, Epe, Lagos Island, and pretty much everywhere in Lagos. Are you planning to personally evacuate the waste in each of these places, street by street, bridge by bridge, gutter by gutter and canal by canal?" he wrote.

He described the exercise as "performative misgovernance" and accused the administration of deliberately allowing refuse to overwhelm the state.

"All that this shows is you and the administration you work for, which includes the Ewekoro Prince with American loyalties, are completely committed to the idea of burying Lagosians in FILTH!" he wrote.

Gbadamosi also claimed he had previously proposed solutions to the waste crisis but accused Wahab of ignoring them.

"I have told you in previous posts how to rid Lagos of this disgrace, but you are determined to punish Lagosians with disease," he said, before calling on Lagos residents to rally behind him and former Labour Party governorship candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.

"My dear Lagosians of whatever ethnicity, religion or political persuasion — even APC — if you're as tired of this rubbish as I am, please join hands with Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and I, so that together, we can all Make Èkó Great Again," he wrote.

Responding, Wahab dismissed Gbadamosi's criticism outright, saying he had no intention of engaging further.

"Just as I told you long ago, you are not worth my attention. You have tried endlessly to get it, but I still will not dignify you with it. I would rather allow you to wail aimlessly," he wrote.

The commissioner went further, alleging that Gbadamosi had mismanaged a residential estate in the past.

"I do not engage with people like you who could not successfully manage an estate with fewer than 100 residents, yet allegedly attempted to fraudulently take AMEN ESTATE from its female owner, only to eventually be sent packing by her," Wahab alleged.

He also took a swipe at Gbadamosi's political alliance with Rhodes-Vivour, writing: "Enjoy your few weeks of rehabilitation and skit-making with your boy, GRV!"

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