{"id":119475,"date":"2025-06-06T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119475"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:58:52","slug":"75-years-old-man-4-others-remanded-in-kirikiri-for-waste-dumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/75-years-old-man-4-others-remanded-in-kirikiri-for-waste-dumping\/","title":{"rendered":"75 years Old Man, 4 Others Remanded in Kirikiri for Waste Dumping\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five individuals including a 75-years-old man have been arrested and remanded in prison custody for indiscriminate dumping of refuse into a canal along the Igando-Iba Road Link Bridge in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspects were apprehended by the Lagos State Environment Laws Enforcement Team and subsequently arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Oshodi.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those arrested include: Quassim Jamiu, 44, and Ayo Jamiu, 18, both from Kwara State; Alexander Innocent, 40, from Akwa Ibom; Oparinde Taiwo, 55, from Ogun State; and Moses Adelowokan, 75, from Osun State. The court ordered their remand at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility pending further legal proceedings.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrests highlight the Lagos State Government\u2019s renewed commitment to enforcing environmental laws and maintaining clean drainage systems to curb flooding and other environmental hazards.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, the suspects were caught red-handed by the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) enforcement team. He noted that the arrest occurred less than 48 hours after the state issued a public warning against environmental infractions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Wahab reiterated the government\u2019s zero-tolerance stance on environmental offences, stressing that violators would face the full wrath of the law.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If convicted,\u00a0 offenders could face a penalty of up to three months in jail or a fine of \u20a6250,000, or both.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities have continued to emphasize the dangers of indiscriminate refuse dumping, which contributes to flooding and other environmental hazards across the state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indiscriminate refuse dumping have become a major challenge in major cities across the country and some have blamed the various state and Local Government authorities for not having reliable waste collectors and managers.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo Five individuals including a 75-years-old man have been arrested and remanded in prison custody for indiscriminate dumping of refuse into a canal along the Igando-Iba Road Link&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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