INDISCRIMINATE WASTE DISPOSAL,OGUN COURT SENTENCES EIGHT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE

INDISCRIMINATE WASTE DISPOSAL,OGUN COURT SENTENCES EIGHT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
     Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta has sentenced eight waste offenders to community service for indiscriminate waste disposal in Abeokuta .

     Prosecuting the eight on two count charge,Sanitarian Kehinde Ogunsola, Medical Officer of Health of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority OGWAMA said they were  between the hours of 6:15 to 8:05 a.m early today caught dumping waste on public roads at Isale- Igbein ,Car-Wash and Abiola Way in the Abeokuta Magisterial District which emitted offensive odour that attracted flies ingress and breeding which are liable to spread cholera which are dangerous to health and causes flooding that are dangerous to life and property  which are prejudicial to the public thereby committed offences which are contrary to Public Health Law of Ogun State 2006 and Section 34(1) of the Ogun State  Management Authority Law 2020.

      Delivering his judgment, Justice A.K Araba found the 8 offenders- Oyebanjo Abidemi(F),Aminat Adewusi (F), Aminat Olarewaju(F), Omolana  Olusola (F),Abiola Moridiya (F),Olaogun Mary (F), Abiodun Aromokun (M) and Iwenya Sylvester (M) guilty of the two count charges and sentenced them to community service within the Isabo Magistrates Court 

      He also ordered that their pictures while doing the community service  be displayed on the court's notice board as anyone of them caught again for the same offense will be jailed without option of fine to serve as deterrent to others. 

     Reacting to the judgment,Special Adviser to the Governor who  doubles as Managing Director of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority OGWAMA,Hon Farouk Adeniyi Akintunde praised Ogun State Judiciary for proper interpretation of the OGWAMA Laws  and supporting the authority's efforts at ending indiscriminate dumping of waste with its health and environmental hazards pledging that OGWAMA will continue to step up  its enforcement activities throughout the state to stop indiscriminate dumping of waste

    Akintunde also used the opportunity to urge some residents who are still in the habit of indiscriminate dumping of waste on roads and public places to patronize waste managers assigned to their area or wait  for their time in court whenever they are caught dumping waste at inappropriate places.

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