A Grade “A” Customary Court in Somolu, Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced 18 tenants to two months’ imprisonment for poor sanitation.
The Court President, Modupe Bajulaiye, held that the tenants, of No. 103 Ilaje Road, Bariga, were keeping a dirty environment.
Bajulaiye, however, gave an option of N10,500 fine each to three of the tenants who had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge preferred against them.
She gave an option of N2,500 each to three tenants who pleaded guilty to only one of the counts while 12 others who pleaded guilty to the two-count charges got an option of N1, 500 fine each.
Bajulaiye observed that the tenants had engaged in indiscriminate dumping of refuse by failing to provide waste bins in their premises.
The Bariga Local Council Development Area had accused them of promoting a dirty environment and failure to repair their dilapidated roofs, cracked walls and defective septic tanks.
The councils’ Sanitation Officer, Iyabo Okeowo said the offence was contrary to sections 6, 7 and 8 of the Lagos State Environmental Health Law.
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