A total of twelve (12) offenders have been arrested by the Environmental Response Rapid Squad during an enforcement exercise against environmental infractions in Ibadan.
According to reports, nine (9) of the offenders were apprehended for illegal dumping of refuse on the road median, two (2) for open defecation, while one (1) woman faced multiple charges, including obstruction of duty and damage to a government official’s phone.
The woman, who reportedly obstructed an Environmental Health Officer attached to the Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources during her arrest, was among those apprehended for indiscriminate waste disposal.
Delivering judgment yesterday, the presiding mobile court judge, Barrister Jubril, fined the nine offenders caught dumping refuse ₦40,000 each, while those arrested for open defecation were fined ₦5,000 each.
