At least eight persons have been sentenced to one month prison term each over alleged offences related to public urination and disturbance of public peace in the Yaba area of Lagos State, reportsthegazellenews.com.
They were arrested and arraigned by officials of Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC, also known as KAI.
The Corps Marshal of the agency, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd), made this disclosure while addressing newsmen at the command headquarters in Bolade, Oshodi.
“As the premier enforcement Agency in the State with operatives situated across 21 Divisions in the State, we must not allow public indecency such as open urination and defecation to fester undeterred and this daily monitoring of Lagos environs lead to the arraignment and prosecution of 8 offenders in the same vein and we remain unshaken,” he stated.
According to Major Cole, the eight suspects were brought before Magistrate Oshikoya of the Special Offences (Mobile Court) in Oshodi, where they were charged with offences under Section 168(1)(d) of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015, which addresses breach of public peace, and Section 5(1) of the Lagos State Public Health Law, 2015, which prohibits open urination.
While disclosing that the court sentenced the offenders to one month in prison, the Corps Marshal added that the ruling serves as a strong deterrent to others who may consider engaging in similar acts of public indecency.
