The Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency has arraigned 18 persons and corporate bodies over various environmental offences, securing the conviction of 17 offenders, while one defendant was discharged.
NGGOSSIPS Online gathered that the action, initiated by the Director-General of the agency, Patrick Ukah, is part of ongoing efforts to enforce environmental laws and ensure a cleaner and more orderly capital territory.
Some of the convicted offenders include Otutu Resources along Nnebisi Road, for operating in a dirty environment and trading on the setback; Martins I.C., for dirty premises and trading on setbacks; Turner Bakery, for non-compliance with environmental requirements; and the landlord/occupier of Silver House, for discharging obnoxious wastewater into public drains.
Ukah, while speaking on the development on Tuesday, told journalists that “the Agency will sustain the enforcement exercise”.
He warned that “more offenders would be prosecuted as the agency intensifies efforts to rid the capital territory of environmental infractions”.
According to the Director-General, “there would be no mercy for persons or organisations found violating environmental regulations in the state capital”.
He insisted that “all offenders would be made to face the full weight of the law until the Delta capital territory is clean”.
He said the agency remained committed to ensuring compliance with sanitation standards and urban regulations, adding that the era of disregard for environmental laws was over.
Ukah urged residents, traders and business operators to maintain clean premises and comply with all environmental requirements to avoid prosecution.
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