{"id":165085,"date":"2025-05-31T11:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/53-arrested-in-abia-for-environmental-offense"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:20:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T11:20:50","slug":"53-arrested-in-abia-for-environmental-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/53-arrested-in-abia-for-environmental-offense","title":{"rendered":"53 arrested in Abia for environmental offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A total of fifty-three persons were, on Saturday, arrested in different parts of Umuahia, the state capital, for contravening Abia State basic environmental laws.<\/p>\n<p>They were arrested during the May 2025 edition of the Abia State monthly sanitation exercise by members of the Task Force, for loitering or transacting business during the cleanup hours.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the arrested defaulters who were brought before the Environmental Mobile Court claimed that they did not listen to the radio earlier in the week to hear the announcement about the cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>But the Presiding Magistrate, Onyinyechi Ibekwe, discharged two persons based on health issues and one other defaulter who was identified as a student.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists after the sanitation exercise, Abia State Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna, commended the residents who participated and cleaned up their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbonna, who expressed delight about the improved environmental outlook of Abia cities, said that the present government is interested in preventing diseases and providing sound health for the people and urged residents to maintain a clean environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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