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A mobile magistrates court in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has sentenced 10 persons involved in indiscriminate dumping of refuse to two months imprisonment each.
The prosecutor, Mrs Bolaji Ogunsan, told the court that “the offenders were caught in the act at Ajilosun and Nigerian Television Area road areas in the state capital.
In the judgment, the magistrate, Timothy Abe, said, “The culprits were found culpable of the offence under Section 7b and Section 12, Subsection 4 of Ekiti State Environmental Health and Sanitation Law of 2020”.
Abe consequently sentenced the 10 defendants to two months imprisonment with option of fine of N5,000 each.
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A mobile Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced Ten culprits involved in indiscriminate dumping of refuse to two months imprisonment each.
According to the prosecutor, Mrs Ogunsan Bolaji, the offenders were caught in the act at Ajilosun and NTA road areas.
Delivering his judgment, Magistrate Timothy Abe said the culprits were found guilty of the offence under Section 7b and Section 12 of subsection 4 of Ekiti State Environmental Health and Sanitation Law of 2020.
The Magistrate sentenced them to two months imprisonment each with an option of fine of N5000.
One of the offenders, Alaba Kolade who could not afford the fine pleaded for leniency and was made to observe community service.