About 124 people have been arrested by the Ogun State Government for open defecation in the State.

Ola Oresanya, the Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Environment said the arrested persons were prosecuted and sentenced to community service for contravening the State’s environmental and health laws. DAILY POST reports.

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According to Oresanya, 82 of the offenders were arrested in the Mowe-Ibafo axis of Obafemi-Owode Local Government area of the State.

“This bad habit which is mostly done late in the night and at dawn has negative implications on the immediate communities where they are practised,” Oresanya said, warning that the government would not watch some dirty individuals put the health of others at risk through their “shameful act”. Information Guide Nigeria

He buttressed that the arrest of the offenders would continue adding that Ogun has zero tolerance for open defecation. jamb results

He warned drivers of trucks and their motorboys, especially along the Mowe-Ibafo axis to stop defecating on medians and roadsides, charging them to make use of public toilets provided by the State government.