40 jailed for hawking soft drinks, “pure water” in Abuja
The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), FCT Mobile Court, on Thursday sentenced 40 hawkers to one week imprisonment for trading in prohibited areas within the capital city. The presiding chief magistrate, Aminu Abdullahi sentenced the hawkers after they pleaded guilty to the charge. “Having been found guilty of one offence, the convicts are hereby sentenced to one week imprisonment for trading in (the) prohibited areas of FCT. (more…)
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