No fewer than 200 people were arrested on Saturday and prosecuted by Kwara state government for violation of its environmental sanitation law. 

The state Commissioner for Environment, Abosede Buraimoh, disclosed this at a news conference in Ilorin.

Mrs Buraimoh said that the act of prosecuting environmental law offenders would not stop until the people were ready to comply with the rules.

The commissioner, who was represented by the Director of Environment, Towoju Gabriel, noted that the monthly exercise was peculiar but different.

She said that all hands were on deck to ensure high compliance.

“Our people are known to always break law, so we shall handle them the way they wanted.

“We have mobile court and security agencies on ground for absolute compliance,” she stated.

Mrs Buraimoh disclosed that plans were ongoing to extend the act of compliance to other areas in the state.

She commended the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in maintaining strict compliance during the exercise.

The commissioner urged motorcyclists to imbibe the good attitude of NURTW and RTEAN or face the wrath of the law.

She also enjoined the people of the state to desist from the dumping of refuse in drainages to avoid flooding.

(NAN)