The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), also known as KAI, has arrested and arraigned eight individuals for engaging in public urination and causing a public disturbance in the Yaba area of Lagos.
The Corps Marshal of LAGESC, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd), disclosed this during a media briefing at the agency’s command headquarters in Bolade, Oshodi.
“As the premier enforcement agency in the state, with operatives stationed across 21 divisions, we must not allow public indecency such as open urination and defecation to persist unchecked. This daily monitoring of Lagos environs led to the arraignment and prosecution of eight offenders, and we remain resolute,” he said.
According to Major Cole, the suspects were brought before Magistrate Oshikoya of the Special Offences (Mobile Court) sitting in Oshodi. They were charged under Section 168(1)(d) of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015, which addresses breach of public peace, and Section 5(1) of the Lagos State Public Health Law, 2015, which prohibits open urination.
The court sentenced the offenders to one month imprisonment.
Cole emphasized that the ruling is intended as a deterrent to others who may consider engaging in similar acts, reaffirming the agency’s commitment to upholding public hygiene and decency across the state.