March 16, 2017
By Ijendu Iheaka
An Aba-la-Ohazu Customary Court in Aba, Abia, on Wednesday jailed a 26-year-old man, Ndukwe Edu, for one month for dumping refuse at a collection point after the prescribed time.
The Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) had arraigned Edu on a charge of dumping refuse at about 10.00 a.m,. an hour after the time set by it.
Abia Government had prescribed 5.00 p.m to 9.00 p.m.daily for waste disposal in the state.
Edu, who lives at No. 14, Milverton Avenue, was nabbed by a staff of ASEPA and tried summarily.
Our reporter said that the accused had pleaded guilty to the charge.
The presiding magistrate, Mr Diamond Olewengwa, who gave the verdict, sentenced the accused to one month imprisonment without an option of fine.
“The essence of these laws is to ensure that the city is clean for you and me", he stressed.
Olewengwa said that considering the level of filth and littering done in Aba and its consequences on the health of residents, such sanitary offences could not be overlooked.
Quoting Sections 30 and 36 Sub 1 of the Abia State Environmental Sanitation Court Laws 2014 No.4, as amended, he said that habitual offenders of the law should be punished to deter potential offenders.
“Mr Ndukwe Edu is hereby remanded in prison for one month. There is no option of fine. The essence is to serve as a deterrent and to correct others and to make the society to be in tandem with the prevailing laws of the state”, Olewengwa said
By Ijendu Iheaka
An Aba-la-Ohazu Customary Court in Aba, Abia, on Wednesday jailed a 26-year-old man, Ndukwe Edu, for one month for dumping refuse at a collection point after the prescribed time.
The Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) had arraigned Edu on a charge of dumping refuse at about 10.00 a.m,. an hour after the time set by it.
Abia Government had prescribed 5.00 p.m to 9.00 p.m.daily for waste disposal in the state.
Edu, who lives at No. 14, Milverton Avenue, was nabbed by a staff of ASEPA and tried summarily.
Our reporter said that the accused had pleaded guilty to the charge.
The presiding magistrate, Mr Diamond Olewengwa, who gave the verdict, sentenced the accused to one month imprisonment without an option of fine.
“The essence of these laws is to ensure that the city is clean for you and me", he stressed.
Olewengwa said that considering the level of filth and littering done in Aba and its consequences on the health of residents, such sanitary offences could not be overlooked.
Quoting Sections 30 and 36 Sub 1 of the Abia State Environmental Sanitation Court Laws 2014 No.4, as amended, he said that habitual offenders of the law should be punished to deter potential offenders.
“Mr Ndukwe Edu is hereby remanded in prison for one month. There is no option of fine. The essence is to serve as a deterrent and to correct others and to make the society to be in tandem with the prevailing laws of the state”, Olewengwa said
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