Court Convicts Nigerian Returnee For Assaulting State Official

A Magistrate court sitting in Bolade, Oshodi on Friday sentenced one 52 year-old Nigerian returnee from Canada, Mr. Morufudeen Idowu to three months imprisonment for crossing the Ojota Expressway, resisting arrest and assaulting a KAI officer in the process.

Mr. Morufudeen Idowu, who pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him, was subsequently convicted for the offenses and sentenced.

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Reacting to the conviction, Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab warned that the State will not tolerate any attack or acts of aggression towards any of its operatives on lawful duty.

He reiterated that all such operatives would be protected with the full force of the law in the discharge of their duties.

Wahab expressed optimism that the latest conviction will serve as a deterrence to everyone that social status or standing will not be a determinant in the application of the law.