Court convicts 40 for contravening environmental laws in Kwara Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has sentenced 40 persons to a 3-month jail term each for violating the State’s Environmental Law. The defendants, who were arraigned on different charges ranging from indiscriminate disposal of refuse, encroachment to illegal scavenging, all pleaded guilty to the charges. Presiding Magistrate Saidu Tunde…