The Mobile Court, which sat on Tuesday at open space simultaneously at Apapa, Oshodi and Agege local government areas, had in its convoy, magistrates, lawyers, representatives from the office of the Public Defenders (OPD), registrars, cashier, policemen, black-maria and towing vehicles.
The magistrates are Nurudeen Layeni (Agege Local Government), Olalekan Aka-Bashorun (Apapa Local Government) and Magistrate Patrick Nwaka (Oshodi Local Government).
The State Task Force disclosed this in a statement made available to Lagos Metro by its Public Affairs Officer, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, saying the 41 were convicted for offences punishable under “Section 10 (1) (a) of Street Trading and Illegal Markets Prohibition Law of 2003” and were made to pay various fines as an options to 3- 6 months imprisonment.
Taofik, however, said that two motorcyclists and four tricycle revenue collectors that were also prosecuted had their cases struck out for lack of proper documentary evidences.
He disclosed that the remaining five (5) prosecuted tricycle operators had their case adjourned till Thursday, February 11, to enable prosecuting counsel, Jimoh Quadri, produce and tender videos and pictures of exact location of arrest from the (IPO), DSP Wilson Alaba, that led the operations from the Lagos State Task Force as evidence to guide the court proceedings.
Giving a breakdown of the arrests, Taofik said 14 people were arrested within Agege Local Government, 22 in Oshodi Local Government, while 16 were picked up at Apapa Local Government totaling 52.
Source:Tribune
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