No fewer than 20 people were sentenced to Prison by a Mobile Court on Sanitation Offences.
They were jailed for failing to participate in the monthly Environmental Sanitation exercise held throughout the state at the weekend.
The people were arrested by the state environmental sanitation officers for indiscriminate dumping of refuse and disregard for the official restriction of movement during the exercise.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. Modupe Afeniforo who sent the convicts to prison terms ranging from one to two months however gave them options of fine between N3,000 and N5,000 in lieu of the prison sentences.
Mrs Afeniforo noted that the sentences would not only serve as punishment but also as a deterrence to people that may be tempted to commit similar offences.
Reacting to the development, the State Commissioner for Environment, Chief Bisi Kolawole warned that government would continue to prosecute anybody caught flouting environmental and sanitation laws in the state.
