A 22-year-old lady has been sentenced to seven months and three weeks in prison for assaulting a member of the Lagos State Sanitation taskforce team popularly known as KAI in Lagos.
According to the statement released on Thursday 14th March 2024, by the Lagos State Commissioner, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, the 22-year-old lady identified as Fasia Ajoke was sentenced by the Special Offences Court at Bolade-Oshodi to 7months and 3 weeks in jail for assaulting a female operative of 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 added that the convicted lady was arraigned before Chief Magistrate S.A Adefioye of the Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile Court), Bolade-Oshodi on offenses bordering on conducting herself in a manner likely to breach peace, obstruction, and breach of peace by crossing the highway.
“We enjoin every well-meaning Lagosians to desist from assaulting our environmental officers and also make use of the pedestrian bridges as the State will not hesitate to prosecute anyone found breaking the law,” the Commissioner added.