The Okada riders were convicted by the Special Task Team for violating environmental laws, this is according to Punch newspaper report.
Disclosing
this on Monday in Abuja was the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, adding
that the task team had prosecuted 41 offenders at the mobile courts.
The minister
added that: “Four persons were discharged, while cases involving other
offenders are ongoing. The team arrested 492 commercial sex workers and 128
miscreants as well as 17 mentally-ill persons.”
Mohammed also
directed the security agencies to deploy personnel to enforce compliance with
the usage of the pedestrian overhead bridges in areas 1 and 3 Garki, Kubwa,
Lugbe and Dei-Dei.
He warned
that anyone found crossing the highways instead of using pedestrian bridges
would face the wrath of the law.
On his part,
the head of the task team, who is the Police Commissioner in FCT, Mr. Wilson
Inalegwu, called for the review of the fines and penalties in the Abuja
Environmental Protection Board laws.
He advised
the the area councils to enact bye-laws with severe penalties to complement the
AEPB Act.
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