Twenty One individuals were on Thursday, February 3, arraigned and Nineteen of them, sentenced by the Imo State Mobile Court for various offences.
The offenders were brought before a mobile court sitting in Owerri by the Imo State Orientation Agency for dumping refuse indiscriminately.
The offence contravenes Section 26(b) of the tye Imo State Waste Management Agency (ISWAMA) Law No.5 of 2020.
Revealing how the offenders were caught, Dr. Ethelbert Okere, Director-General of the Imo State Orientation Agency, disclosed that the Twenty One individuals were caught disposing their refuse indiscriminately during a raid on Wednesday, February 2.
He noted that the mobile court sitting has come to stay and advised residents of the state to be law abiding and be part of keep the environment safe.
