40 traders jailed for selling in prohibited area in FCT
The Abuja Environmental Protection
Board (AEPB), FCT Mobile Court, on
Thursday sentenced 40 hawkers to one
week imprisonment for trading in
prohibited areas.
The presiding Chief Magistrate, Aminu
Abdullahi, who freed three minors,
sentenced the hawkers after they
pleaded guilty to the charge.
“Having been found guilty of one
offence, the convicts are hereby
sentenced to one-week imprisonment for
trading in the prohibited areas of FCT.
“Each of the convict is also given an
option of fine between N1,000 and
N5,000 for the offence,’’ Abdullahi said.
Abdullahi discharged and acquitted the
three minors and warned them not to
sell in such prohibited areas in the FCT
again.
The convicts committed the offence on
Nov. 12 and were arrested at different
parts of FCT.
Prosecutor Eze Eze told the court that the
offence contravened Sections 35 (1d) of
AEPB Act 10 of 1997.
Benjamin Junadu, one of the convicts,
told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
that he was selling pure water at Jabi
Park when he was arrested.
Junadu said he did not know that the
area was prohibited for trading.
One of the minor an SS1 student told
NAN that she was also selling soft drinks
at Garki Area before she was arrested by
the AEPB.
She said that “rather than stay idle at
home I decided to engage in the sale of
soft drinks to assist my parents.
“I promise I will not sell in such areas
again.’’
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