A 22 Year-old lady was on Thursday sentenced to seven months and three weeks in prison by the Special Offences Court at Balade-Oshodi for assaulting a Lagos Sate environmental Sanitation Corps female while on duty.

The State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Thursday.

Wahab said Ajoke was also guilty of resisting arrest and refusing to use the pedestrian bridge. She was accused of assaulting a female operative if the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) on lawful duty, resisting lawful arrest and refusing to make use of the Ile-Epo pedestrian bridge, thereby endangering her life in the process.

The Commissioner urged residents to desist from assaulting environmental officers and make use of the pedestrian bridges, as the state will not hesitate to prosecute anyone found guilty. In February, the government described the crossing of major highways in the state as offence adding that any defaulter caught would be prosecuted.

Seven miscreants were arrested for allegedly assaulting environmental officials during the removal of shanties and illegal structures along the Jakande Estate in the State.

source: PUNCH