Sewage evacuation truck impounded and the driver arrested for discharging faeces in the drainage in Lagos

The Lagos state federal government on Friday, February 2, took a sewage evacuation truck and detained the motorist for releasing faeces in the drain and contaminating the environment in Amuwo Odofin Housing Estate, Mile 2.

Revealing this through his X deal with, the state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunboh Wahab, stated the motorist has actually been arraigned and remanded by the magistrate till Tuesday, February 6 for sentencing.

Wahab included that the truck owner will likewise be arraigned in a prosecution in line with the Lagos State Environmental Management Protection Law 2017 on Tuesday, 6th of February, 2024.

“A sewage evacuation truck was taken on Friday and the motorist jailed by the LSWMO operatives for releasing faeces in the drain and contaminating the environment in Amuwo Odofin Housing Estate, Mile 2

The chauffeur has actually been arraigned and remanded by the magistrate till Tuesday for sentencing. The truck owner will likewise be arraigned in a prosecution in line with the Lagos State Environmental Management Protection Law 2017 on Tuesday, 6th of February, 2024.

The State federal government has actually repeated a zero-tolerance to all ecological problems throughout the state.”

See a video of the truck releasing the feaces in the drain listed below