Lagos Court Convicts 26 Environmental Offenders

For dumping waste indiscriminately in different parts of the state, 26 persons have been sentenced to community service by a magistrate court sitting in Ikoyi area of the state.

The Environmental Special Offences Court of Lagos State District presided over by Magistrate Mcdavies Amore also imposed N30,000 fine per person or option of community service, on the 26 persons, for engaging in reckless waste disposal across various locations in the state.

The environmental offenders were arrested by the enforcement team of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), in collaboration with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), at different locations in the state, disposing of their refuse in unauthorized places, between the hours of 9.30pm and 7.00am.

Commenting on the judgement, the managing director, chief executive officer of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said that the ongoing joint enforcement action by the Authority had been intensified, in line with the zero-tolerance policy of the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.