By Kingsley Adegboye
A particular Offences cellular Court docket in Oshodi on Monday sentenced a 48 years outdated man, Makinde Rasaq who was arrested with a Honda SUV crammed with refuse final week in Lagos Island to 13 months neighborhood service at Kirikiri.
The accused charged for seven offences, pleaded responsible to the fees and was subsequently sentenced to various phrases of imprisonment with an possibility of neighborhood service for all of the offences totalling 13 months of neighborhood service which will likely be served at Kirikiri.
The offences embody breach of peace, indiscriminate dumping of waste, non patronage of PSP operators, unlawful transportation of waste with out a legitimate license and obstruction of officers from finishing up their duties.
The convicted man who was arrested within the act of illegally dumping refuse on Saturday night time on the Tinubu fountain in Central Lagos is suspected to be a part of a syndicate intentionally dumping refuse across the state to create a story that Lagos is soiled.
He was subsequently detained at Adeniji Adele Police station earlier than he was handed over to Kick Towards Indiscipline KAI, officers for arraignment by the authorized officers from the State Ministry of Justice.
Whereas talking on the newest conviction which went viral, the Managing director of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, stated the message of the conviction is a declaration of zero tolerance on indiscriminate waste disposal message to everybody.
He warned residents to make sure correct waste disposal via patronage of the LAWMA accredited PSP operators as that is in accordance with the Environmental Legal guidelines of Lagos State.
He reiterated that residents ought to desist from the unwholesome waste disposal as technology of waste is an unavoidable facet of existence, including that residents should all the time patronize the Non-public Sector Members (PSP), for higher service supply.
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