Ogun State Government Cracks Down On Individuals Defacing on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Ogun State Government has gone tough against those defacing the median of the Mowe-Berger axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, with faeces.

Anyone caught is to be sentenced to community service, which will compel him or her to clean the faeces along the median.

Ogun State Environment Commissioner, Ola Oresanya announced the punitive measure while speaking to newsmen in Abeokuta.

The commissioner said locals would be employed to keep vigil on the median on a 24-hour basis, to stop the despicable act.

According to Oresanya, those to be employed to keep an eye on the median, are expected to chase away anyone attempting to defecate in the axis.

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Reacting further on Thursday, Oresanya said the offenders would be subjected to community service and made to clean the faeces along the median.

He said, We are going to employ the locals in the community to carry out the enforcement and we are going to pay them.

What they are going to do is to chase away anyone who wants to defecate there. It is not rocket science to get this done.

These people are going to be there day and night and anyone that proves to be recalcitrant will be given community service.

The community service here is not to take them to prison. We will give them an apron and shovel to pack and clean the faeces along the median.

Our correspondent who monitored the sanitary situation on the expressway on Wednesday observed that the median from Berger in Lagos State inward Kara, Warewa and Mowe in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State had become regular spots for defecation.