Operation Show Your PSP Receipt: Mobile Court Prosecutes 18 Offenders, Remanded 1 ln Warri
Delta State Waste Management Board (DSWMB) in collaboration with the Taskforce on Environment has set up a mobile court to prosecute sanitation offenders in Warri, Uvwie and it's environs.
According to the Taskforce Chairman on Environment Honourable Sylvester Oromoni, the mobile court became necessary to change the attitude of uncooperative residents, who failed to obey environmental laws in the area.
According to him, a team of Taskforce Marshals and law enforcement agents will carry out routine inspection within the aforementioned areas every day to monitor compliance with the laws.
Honourable Oromoni, who said offenders would be tried in the mobile courts, advised residents to cultivate the habit of patronizing the PSP who will take their waste to designated areas in the town.
He said that Waste management board had registered private companies (PSP) who indicated interest to partner with the state government, to manage waste in the area.
Thus far, in today's sitting The magistrate Mrs. Kate Otunowobo prosecuted 18 persons to be remanded in warri correctional facility with option of fines ranging from sixty thousand naira and above.
As at the time of this report, about 11 persons are still standing trials on the same offence at the ongoing sitting at the Governor's office Annexe warri.
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