Lagos jails 13 for illegal waste disposal
The Lagos State Government has arraigned and secured the conviction of thirteen individuals before a Magistrate Court sitting in Bolade, Oshodi, for offences relating to the indiscriminate dumping of refuse in violation of environmental sanitation laws.
The development was disclosed in a post shared on the official X handle of the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Tuesday.
According to the post, the defendants pleaded guilty to the charges brought against them.
Following their guilty pleas, the court convicted and sentenced each of them to three months’ imprisonment.
