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ASWANI market, situated in Isolo Local Council Area of Lagos State, largely holds every Tuesday. It is certainly not the biggest market in the state but prides itself as a major point of sales of fairly used items and at very cheap prices. The market equally holds great prospects for the council, the state and the nation at large, in terms of revenue generation. However, commercial activities are not limited to the approved location of the market. Some sides of the major road, leading to it and even adjoining ones, are usually turned to mobile shops. In short, some of the traders preferred making their fortunes on the road rather than securing and trading at convenient and very safe spaces within the market. The commercial abuses, especially the cited illegal mobile shops, are just one side of the growing ugly scenarios at Aswani market as well as its connecting road. Some of the adjourning routes have been converted to illegal truck parks. The worst hit part is the highly d