Ogun State Government has arrested 124 persons for defecating in public which is against the state environmental and health laws.
The suspects were arrested in different locations by the task force agents. 82 of them were from Mowe-Ibafo, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area.
Ola Oresanya, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment and Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority said all the offenders were sentenced to community service.
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while giving a statement on Thursday, the Information Officer in the Ministry of Environment, Rotimi Oduniyi, quoted Oresanya as saying the offenders were apprehended as part of efforts to stop open defecation and maintain the environmental safety of residents.
He said,
“The bad habit, which is mostly done late in the night and at dawn, has negative implications on the immediate communities where they are practiced and the state at large, especially during this period when the world is ravaged by a pandemic.”
Oresanya, who stated that the arrest of offenders should continue, also gave a note of warning to drivers especially those who ply the Mowe-Ibafo axis, to stop defecating on roadsides while making stopovers. Urging them to make use of the public toilets provided by the state government.
