- Morufudeen Idowu, 52, has been jailed for three months for assaulting a Lagos sanitation officer at Ojota.
- He attacked the official after being warned not to cross the expressway.
- The court sentenced him for assault and resisting arrest.
A 52-year-old man, Morufudeen Idowu, has been sentenced to three months in prison for assaulting an official of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps at Ojota.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Idowu, a Canada returnee, was arrested after he assaulted a KAI official.
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The official had cautioned him against crossing the Ojota Expressway as it violates Lagos State’s pedestrian safety regulations.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed his sentence in a post on his verified X handle.
According to the Commissioner, Idowu refused lawful arrest and assaulted the official performing his duty.
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Wahab said, “Following the arrest of Mr Morufudeen Idowu, who assaulted one of our personnel and refused arrest while crossing the expressway at Ojota, he was arraigned before the Magistrate Court sitting at Oshodi and sentenced to three months imprisonment.”
