Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, has sentenced eight waste offenders to community service for indiscriminate waste disposal in the State capital.
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 on Friday, caught dumping waste on public roads at Isale- Igbein ,Car-Wash and Abiola Way wthin the Abeokuta Magisterial District
According to the prosecutor, the waste dumped on the public roads 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
The OGWAMA official maintained that the offenders 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 Waste 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
He pledged that OGWAMA would 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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