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Hoodlums Injure 3 Officials As 13 Face Prosecution Over Indiscriminate Dumping Of Refuse

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Three Task Force Officers have been injured in Ibadan.
News Rain reports that three of the Oyo State Environmental Task Force Officers were seriously injured over an attack that was launched on them by some suspected hoodlums in the Molete area of Ibadan on Thursday.
The three task force officers were said to have been attacked by hoodlums while on a weekly sanitation exercise at the Market the is located under the popular Molete Bridge in Ibadan.
According to the Chairman of the State Environmental Task Force, ACP Francis Ojomo who stated that the Environmental monitoring team was able to arrest two people, a male, and a female for interrogation, which later helped in arresting other culprits.
Ojomo while addressing journalists over the development noted that Molete was a volatile area with various joints where Indian hemp and other hard drugs were peddled but assured the general public that those perpetrating evil acts in the area would soon be brought to book.

Hoodlums In Ibadan.

Ojomo disclosed that the injured 3 government officials have been admitted at an undisclosed hospital and were responding to treatment.
However, in a similar situation, the Oyo State environmental taskforce has apprehended 13 individuals who were prosecuted and sentenced by the Special Tribunal for dumping refuse in waterways on Thursday.
News Rain gathered that the offenders were said to have been caught at Gate, Mokola, Adamasingba, and Arometa areas of Ibadan and have been tried by the tribunal at the environment task force office, according to the State’s environmental law.
While briefing journalists on the matter,  the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Dr. Bashir Olanrewaju, said that the State government will not relent its commitment and efforts towards achieving zero tolerance for filth and to maintain a clean and healthy society.
Dr. Olanrewaju urged the people of the  State to avoid indiscriminate dumping of refuse and register with State-accredited refuse collectors to dispose of their waste and cooperate with the government in ensuring a cleaner and hygienic society.
He said “It is no more about warning but prosecution of anybody caught dumping refuse on waterways, despite that this act has reduced since government scaled up its campaign against it, but some recalcitrant individuals still persist.
“Those 13 that were arrested will know the consequence of their actions, the implication of this legal approach is to deter others from committing the same offense,” Olanrewaju stressed.
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