Ekiti arraigns four over illegal waste disposal

The Ekiti State Government has stepped up enforcement of biology regulations, with offenders present facing apprehension and prosecution arsenic portion of efforts to curb indiscriminate discarded disposal.

In enactment with the crackdown, 4 individuals were connected Wednesday brought earlier an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court implicit allegations of improper discarded disposal.

The defendants; Fausat Babalola, 48; Mustapha Basiriyu, 29; Jinadu Abubakar, 18; and Kolawole Deborah, 30, were arraigned connected charges bordering connected unlawful dumping of refuse.

They, however, pleaded not blameworthy to the charge.

Presenting the case, the prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the tribunal that the alleged offence occurred astatine astir 8:00 a.m. connected March 24 successful Ado-Ekiti.

He accused the defendants of disposing of discarded successful a mode considered hazardous to the environment.

Oriyomi stated that the enactment contravenes Section 30(1) and (2) of the Ekiti State Waste Management Authority Law, 2020.

He urged the tribunal to assistance a abbreviated adjournment to let the prosecution reappraisal the lawsuit record and hole witnesses.

Counsel to the defendants, successful response, appealed for bail, assuring the tribunal that their clients would not abscond.

Ruling connected the application, the Chief Magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, admitted the defendants to bail successful the sum of N50,000 each, ...