Adeosun Abayomi of an Aramoko Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced nine people including a traditional title holder and a Clergy to six months in prison each for open defecation in Ekiti State.
The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that those convicted were arraigned for various sanitation offences including non-availability of toilet facilities in their houses, non-availability of waste bins, and defecating in the open.He, however, gave them options to pay fines ranging from N5,000 to N15,000.
Addressing journalists after the conviction, the chief prosecutor, Ekiti West Local Government, Ebenezer Fashipe, lamented that citizens valued their wealth more than their health. Commenting on the development, Team Leader of Bread of Life Development Foundation implementing a project called ‘Farewell to Open Defecation’ in Ekiti West and Gbonyin Local Governments, Babatope Babalobi commended the Local Government for taking the bold initiative in enforcing sanitation laws against open defecation.
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