The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as Kick Against Indiscipline, has secured the conviction of 12 Commercial Sex Workers apprehended in the Obalende area of the state.
They were imprisoned for prostitution and breach of peace during a dislodgement operation led by the Corps Marshal of the Agency.
The Corps Marshal, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (retd), made this disclosure on Monday at the Command Headquarters of the Agency at Bolade-Oshodi, Lagos.
According to Cole: “The THEMES agenda of Mr. Governor clearly stated the need for Lagos to be habitable for business and the situation at Obalende has deteriorated over time, prompting the need for us to launch a large-scale enforcement operation against these nefarious elements that want to desecrate our environment which resulted in arrests and multiple secured convictions.”
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Cole revealed the names of the suspects as Oluwaseun Durojaye, F, 20’ Joy Felix, F, 24; Opeyemi Azeez, F, 25; Precious Mathew, F, 24; Happiness Kingsley, F, 24; Theresa Edet, F, 30; Ayo Olanrewaju, F, 20; Monica Ebuka, F, 21; Blessing James, F, 22; Favour Samuel, F, 34; Janet Ighumba, F, 24; Marvis Ifeoma, F, 32; Adeyanju Clara, F, 24; Favour Johnson, F, 34; Joy Rafael, F, 24; Promise Joseph, F, 23; Favour Ajoor, F, 28; Joy Onyekachi, F, 28; and Emmanuel Friday, F, 20, who were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Adefioye of the Special Offences Court at Oshodi for offences contrary to Section 142(1)(a)(b) and 168(1) (d) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State as 12 out of 19 suspects bagged eight months imprisonment, while seven others who pleaded not guilty were remanded in prison custody until December 18 for further hearing.
Applauding the judgement, Cole insisted that despite the attacks recorded towards operatives in the line of duty, the Agency remains undeterred by the acts of these nefarious elements, stressing that any arrested defaulter will be made to face the full wrath of the law.
The KAI topman also read the riot act to street traders, hawkers to refrain from the display of wares for sale on setbacks, lay-bys, medians, road verges, kerbs, gutter slabs just as he enjoined pedestrians alike to make use of the pedestrian bridges when crossing highways as defaulters will be arrested on a daily and made to face prosecution for endangering their lives.