The Lagos State Special Offenses Court on Thursday sentenced 12 women to eight months imprisonment for prostitution.
The suspects, were arraigned for offenses bordering on prostitution and breach of public peace.
While 12 out of 19 suspects were sentenced to eight months imprisonment, seven others who pleaded not guilty will be remanded in prison until December 18 for further hearing.
“As part of consolidated efforts exhausted towards reducing the spate of environmental infractions in the Obalende area of the State, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as KAI on Wednesday secured the conviction of 12 Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) to 8 months imprisonment for offences bordering on prostitution, breach of peace during a dislodgement operation led by the Corps Marshal of the agency,” Ajayi Lukman, Head, Public Affairs and Advocacy at LAGESC, said in a statement.
The Corps Marshal of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole while applauding the court judgement, warned that any arrested defaulter would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
He said, “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.”