A total of 150 people were on Saturday arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State for contravening the State Environmental Law during the monthly sanitation exercise.
The violators were charged before various mobile courts in Ilorin which penalised them in accordance with the State Environmental Law.
Commissioner for Environment in the state, Hajia Nafisat Buge confirmed the arrest of the 150 erring residents during the sanitation exercise.
She warned offenders to retrace their steps, vowing that anyone caught not observing the monthly sanitation exercise will henceforth face the full wrath of the law.
Buge said it was really sad that, “almost 150 sanitation offenders were apprehended by the Taskforce Team, which went round to monitor the exercise and have been charged to mobile courts sitting at various locations across the state.”
She added that, “despite sensitisation and advocacy on both print and electronic media as well as other social media platforms, violators still dared the law by coming out during the exercise, especially the motorcycle and tricycle riders; and market women.
“We often start media advocacy and sensitisation from Monday that preceded the sanitation day, also engaging media houses and different social media platforms to disseminate information on sanitation, till the Saturday morning, before the commencement of the exercise, yet some people went about their businesses in violation of the law.”
She described this as unacceptable, adding that “violators will therefore be dealt with, within the ambit of the law.”
