No fewer than 67 environmental sanitation offenders were prosecuted on Saturday in Warri for contravening the Delta State Environmental Sanitation Law.
According to the statement released on Saturday 26th February 2022, by the office of the Executive Chairman of Warri South Local Government Council Area, the 67 environmental sanitation offenders were prosecuted by the state’s mobile court located in council.
The 67 environmental sanitation offenders were arrested and tried by the state’s mobile courts for violating the monthly state environmental Sanitation held today, Saturday, February 26, the statement added.
Chairman of the Delta State Task Force on Environment, Silvester Oromoni, while speaking to newsmen shortly after the monthly environmental sanitation in Warri South, that the mobile courts will continue to prosecute violators until people learn to obey environmental laws of the state.
He said it’s no longer going to be business as usual as the state government will continue to use all lawful means to ensure that the state is kept clean.
Oromoni, however, appealed to Deltans to always keep their environment clean at all times.
The Supervisor for Environment, Warri South Local Government Area, Mr Omawumi Elete, told newsmen on Saturday shortly after monitoring the monthly sanitation exercise in the council, said chairman of the council, Dr Michael Tidi, has given a matching order that the council must be kept clean.
According to him, the violators were arrested along major roads and markets in the oil-rich city of Warri.
He noted that this sanitation exercise was a huge success compared to previous ones with regard to level of compliance.
“We were able to arrest over 100 defaulters and they were charged to our mobile courts which imposed some fines on them,” he said.
Omawumi also commended the security agencies and other groups who participated fully during the exercise.
He, however, called on the general public to continue to give the government the necessary support in order to keep the council clean.
Recall that, Dr Michael Tidi, chairman of the Warri South council area, had earlier said that one of his major priorities is to ensure that the council remains one of the cleanest councils in the state and beyond.